Michael Ondaatje is read about 420 times a day, in 43 languages.
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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 83 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
A life in dates
2012Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2007Governor General's Award for English-language fictionAwardGovernor General's Literary AwardsAward2000Giller PrizeAwardGovernor General's Award for English-language fictionAwardPrix Médicis étrangerAward1995Nelly Sachs PrizeAward1992Booker PrizeAwardGovernor General's Award for English-language fictionAward1988Toronto Book AwardsAward1984Guggenheim FellowshipAward1943Born12 September 1943
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Spouse: Linda SpaldingAbout this person
Country
Canada
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83
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Russell BanksAlso in Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant (2006)
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