Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, Canada. She received a B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1961 and an M.A. from Radcliff College in 1962. Her first book of verse, Double Persephone, was published in 1961 and was awarded the E. J. Pratt Medal. She has mehr anzeigen published numerous books of poetry, novels, story collections, critical work, juvenile work, and radio and teleplays. Her works include The Journals of Susanna Moodie, Power Politics, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Morning in the Buried House, the MaddAdam trilogy, and The Heart Goes Last. She has won numerous awards including the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Booker Prize in 2000 for The Blind Assassin, the Giller Prize and the Premio Mondello for Alias Grace, and the Governor General's Award in 1966 for The Circle Game and in 1986 for The Handmaid's Tale, which also won the very first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. She won the PEN Pinter prize in 2016 for her political activism. She was awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize for the outstanding literary merit of her body of work. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Margaret Atwood
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (2022) — Mitwirkender; Herausgeber — 223 Exemplare, 9 Rezensionen
The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Herausgeber — 111 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake; The Year of the Flood; Maddaddam (2013) 103 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories (1986) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 73 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Great Writers of Canada: Margaret Atwood (The Edible Woman/Surfacing/Lady Oracle) (1969) 55 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen, Volume 1: The Early Years (1993) — Herausgeber; Einführung — 30 Exemplare
The CanLit Foodbook: From Pen to Palate, a Collection of Tasty Literary Fare (1987) — Autor; Illustrator — 28 Exemplare
The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen, Volume 2: The Later Years (2001) — Herausgeber; Einführung — 19 Exemplare
People Who Make a Difference / Des gens peu ordinaires (English and French Edition) (1995) 12 Exemplare
The Robber Bride [Includes the Short Story 'I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth'] (2009) 6 Exemplare
The Myths (A Short History of Myth / The Penelopiad / Weight / Dream Angus / Helmet of Horror / Lion's Honey) (2006) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Moppet Shop: Positron, Episode Five 6 Exemplare
Margaret Atwood Presents: Stories by Canada's Best New Women Writers (2004) — Herausgeber — 5 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
Double Persephone 5 Exemplare
Rape Fantasies 4 Exemplare
Quatro Contos Consonantes 3 Exemplare
Lusus Naturae [short story] 3 Exemplare
The Female Body 3 Exemplare
The Margaret Atwood 4-Book Bundle: The Handmaid's Tale; The Blind Assassin; Alias Grace; The Robber Bride (2016) 3 Exemplare
Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein 2 Exemplare
The Evil Mother 2 Exemplare
The Man from Mars 2 Exemplare
Bluebeard's Egg [short story] 2 Exemplare
"The Grave of the Famous Poet" 2 Exemplare
Margaret Atwood Reads the Animals in That Country/You Are Happy/Power Politics and Other Poems/Cassette (1993) 2 Exemplare
Erase Me: Positron Episode 3 1 Exemplar
Scarlet Ibis 1 Exemplar
here after 1 Exemplar
The Handmaid's Tale Dramatized 1 Exemplar
Liking Men [short story] 1 Exemplar
Mortifications (ROBERTSON) 1 Exemplar
Simmering [short story] 1 Exemplar
"Tree Baby" 1 Exemplar
"Something Has Happened " 1 Exemplar
The world as it is : In the eyes of Margaret Atwood, Wole Soyinka, Ai Weiwei (1986) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
The Testaments (BBC Radio 4) 1 Exemplar
"When It Happens" 1 Exemplar
Old Babes in the Wood {story} 1 Exemplar
"But It Could Still" 1 Exemplar
My Evil Stepmother 1 Exemplar
Hjr̃tat stannar sist 1 Exemplar
Encounters with the element man 1 Exemplar
L'alè misteriós. Poemes escollits 1965-2007 1 Exemplar
Scribbler Moon 1 Exemplar
Aus dem Wald hinausfinden: Ein Gespräch mit Caspar Shaller (Kampa Salon) (German Edition) 1 Exemplar
Siren Song 1 Exemplar
The Age of Lead [short story] 1 Exemplar
"Tricks with Mirrors" 1 Exemplar
"Giving Birth" 1 Exemplar
"Landcrab II" 1 Exemplar
Nightengale 1 Exemplar
Uglypuss {short story} 1 Exemplar
Surviving Progress 1 Exemplar
Autograph, (Fantasy Author), S. Book Plate 1 Exemplar
Poemas tardios (Portuguese Edition) 1 Exemplar
למעלה למעלה בעץ 1 Exemplar
Positron 1 Exemplar
Die Kunst des Kochens und Auftragens: Gesammelte Erzählungen | Die besten Geschichten aus über sechzig Jahren (2021) 1 Exemplar
Impatient Griselda 1 Exemplar
"The Whirlpool Rapids" 1 Exemplar
Morte de Smudgie 1 Exemplar
The Martians Claim Canada 1 Exemplar
"Rat Song" 1 Exemplar
"Death of a Young Son by Drowning" 1 Exemplar
"Landcrab I" 1 Exemplar
Kein Titel 1 Exemplar
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A Christmas Carol (Calla Editions) (1843) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 25,231 Exemplare, 527 Rezensionen
Das Böse kommt auf leisen Sohlen (1962) — Nachwort, einige Ausgaben — 11,544 Exemplare, 299 Rezensionen
Sieben phantastische Geschichten (1934) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 2,421 Exemplare, 33 Rezensionen
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Mitwirkender — 1,141 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society [ SEEING FURTHER: THE STORY OF… (2010) — Mitwirkender — 1,033 Exemplare, 17 Rezensionen
The Classic Fairy Tales [Norton Critical Edition] (1998) — Mitwirkender — 1,031 Exemplare, 5 Rezensionen
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 938 Exemplare, 7 Rezensionen
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004) — Mitwirkender — 675 Exemplare, 10 Rezensionen
Der eisige Schlaf: Das Schicksal der Franklin-Expedition (1987) — Einführung — 568 Exemplare, 22 Rezensionen
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 521 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England (1987) — Mitwirkender — 487 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (1988) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 487 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Mitwirkender — 464 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings (2018) — Erzähler, einige Ausgaben — 419 Exemplare, 6 Rezensionen
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Umschlagillustration — 376 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Mitwirkender — 352 Exemplare, 6 Rezensionen
The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories (1986) — Mitwirkender — 341 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
Adrienne Rich's Poetry and Prose [Norton Critical Edition] (1993) — Mitwirkender — 319 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Mitwirkender — 318 Exemplare, 5 Rezensionen
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out… (2000) — Mitwirkender — 303 Exemplare, 5 Rezensionen
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Mitwirkender — 300 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Mitwirkender — 282 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
Mein kleiner Horrortrip: Die kürzesten Schockgeschichten aller Zeiten (2009) — Mitwirkender — 280 Exemplare, 21 Rezensionen
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls: Expanded Edition (2016) — Mitwirkender — 258 Exemplare, 16 Rezensionen
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (1996) — Mitwirkender — 240 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Mitwirkender — 187 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Mitwirkender — 184 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group (1993) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 163 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
Wild Women: Contemporary Short Stories by Women Celebrating Women (1994) — Mitwirkender — 150 Exemplare
The Writer on Her Work, Volume II: New Essays in New Territory (1991) — Mitwirkender — 127 Exemplare
Alice Munro's Best: Selected Stories (2008) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 122 Exemplare, 3 Rezensionen
The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic (2020) — Mitwirkender — 114 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction (2015) — Mitwirkender — 112 Exemplare, 5 Rezensionen
I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet (2011) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Mitwirkender — 85 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Mitwirkender — 72 Exemplare
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths (2001) — Mitwirkender — 69 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
Nevermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre (2015) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare, 31 Rezensionen
The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales (2003) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
More Stories We Tell: The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women (2004) — Mitwirkender — 64 Exemplare
Northern Suns : The New Anthology of Canadian Science Fiction (1999) — Mitwirkender — 63 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
The Case Against Free Trade: GATT, NAFTA, and the Globalization of Corporate Power (1993) — Mitwirkender — 58 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (1999) — Mitwirkender — 48 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers (2019) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare, 12 Rezensionen
New Beginnings: New Writing from Bestselling Authors Sold in Aid of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities (2005) — Mitwirkender — 45 Exemplare
High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery by Some of Our Best Contemporary Authors (1997) — Mitwirkender — 32 Exemplare
A Darker Shade: New Stories of Body Horror from Women Writers (2023) — Mitwirkender — 30 Exemplare, 17 Rezensionen
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man's Blindness into an… (2020) — Nachwort — 28 Exemplare, 6 Rezensionen
Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes throughout the Americas (2019) — Mitwirkender — 22 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
They Fought in Colour / La Guerre en couleur: A New Look at Canada's First World War Effort / Nouveau regard sur… (2018) — Mitwirkender — 18 Exemplare
Possibilities of Poetry: An Anthology of American Contemporaries (1970) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions (1993) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Another English: Anglophone Poems from Around the World (Poets in the World) (2014) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Fiction (2015) — Einführung — 10 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Twist and Shout: A Decade of Feminist Writing in THIS Magazine (1992) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Telegrams from Home, Vol. 1 — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Ein Haus mit vielen Zimmern: Autorinnen erzählen vom Schreiben (edition fünf 27) (German Edition) (2015) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
- Andere Namen
- Peggy
- Geburtstag
- 1939-11-18
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Kanada
- Geburtsort
- Ottawa, Ontario, Kanada
- Wohnorte
- Ottawa, Ontario, Kanada
Toronto, Ontario, Kanada - Ausbildung
- Leaside High School (1957)
University of Toronto (BA ∙ 1961 ∙ Victoria College ∙ English ∙ French)
Harvard University (MA ∙ Radcliffe College) - Berufe
- Poetin
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Aktivistin
Cartoonistin
Graphische Novellistin - Beziehungen
- Gibson, Graeme (Partner, Vater ihrer Tochter)
Atwood Gibson, Eleanor Jess (Tochter) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2005 / 2007)
Premio Príncipe de Asturias (2008)
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1961)
Order of Canada ( [1981])
Guggenheim Fellowship (1981)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( [1988]) (Zeige alle 13)
Order of Ontario ( [1990])
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ( [1994])
Peggy V. Helmerich Award (1999)
Nelly Sachs Prize (2010)
Royal Society of Canada (Fellow)
Nelly-Sachs-Preis (2009)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (2017) - Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- The Common Knowledge entries on this page refer to the Canadian poet and novelist.
Please note that there is also an author named Margaret Attwood (double "t"). Please ensure that you have your author's name spelled correctly.
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June 2024: Margaret Atwood in Monthly Author Reads (Juli 19)
Found: Girls in red dresses, nuns (?) taking care of them in Name that Book (Januar 2023)
April 2019: Margaret Atwood in Monthly Author Reads (Mai 2022)
2019 Booker Prize Longlist: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood in Booker Prize (Juli 2019)
November Read: Margaret Atwood in Virago Modern Classics (Dezember 2017)
May 2013: Margaret Atwood in Monthly Author Reads (April 2017)
Canadian Author Challenge — April: Margaret Atwood & Michael Crummey in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Mai 2016)
Atwood April 2015 in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Mai 2015)
"Maddaddam": What's your verdict? SPOILERS ALLOWED in Girlybooks (November 2014)
The Penelopiad: The chorus of 12 young women in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: Framing in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: First Impressions in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: Legendary heroes in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: Modernizing The Odyssey? in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: Your opinions of characters in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: Introduce Yourself in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
The Penelopiad: A satire? in One LibraryThing, One Book (Juni 2014)
Atwood April 2014 in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (April 2014)
April Group Read - "Alias Grace" (SPOILERS) in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Mai 2013)
Esquiress: Atwood April Showers, Thread 4 in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Mai 2013)
Atwood April 2013 in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Mai 2013)
April Group Read - "Alias Grace" (NO SPOILERS, PLEASE!) in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (April 2013)
THE ROBBER BRIDE - rolling book discussion - July '09 onwards... in Atwoodians (August 2012)
1001 Group Read-March: Cat's Eye in 1001 Books to read before you die (März 2012)
Oryx and Crake spoiler thread in The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (Februar 2012)
GROUP READ: Oryx and Crake in The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (Januar 2012)
Group Read: The Blind Assassin in 1001 Books to read before you die (Februar 2011)
Alias Grace---with potential SPOILERS in Orange January/July (Januar 2011)
Group Read (January): Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (no spoilers!) in Orange January/July (Januar 2011)
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Atwood dystopischer Roman ist vielfach langatmig, trifft dabei aber wohl gewollt die in der Republik Gilead vorherrschende Grundstimmung. Die Autorin verstrickt sich in langen Beschreibungen unwichtiger Details, bleibt aber gerade dort vage, wo sich der Leser Aufklärung oder Hintergrundinformationen wünscht. Der Handlungsstrang wird durch zahlreiche Rückblenden in die Zeit vor die Machtübernahme beziehungsweise Desfreds Ausbildung zur Magd unterbrochen.
Was die geschilderte dystopische Gesellschaft betrifft, vermag Atwoods Vision nur oberflächlich zu überzeugen, vieles scheint nicht ganz durchdacht und wenig plausibel. Auch hinsichtlich der gegen das Regime kämpfenden Widerstandsgruppe hat Atwood keine neuen Ideen, sie verpflanzt einfach die sogenannte "Underground Railroad" aus der Zeit der Sklavenbefreiung in ihr dystopisches Gilead.… (mehr)