Michael Ondaatje
Born: 1943-10-12
Birthplace: Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Biography
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Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943), OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.
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Known For
The English Patient
Stories We Tell
Poetry in Motion
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant
Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage
Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
Al Purdy Was Here
Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
Elimination Dance
Top Movie Credits
The English Patient
Novel
Stories We Tell
Thanks
Poetry in Motion
Self
Al Purdy Was Here
(voice)
Elimination Dance
Director