The poet and novelist Margaret Eleanor Atwood was
born in Ottawa, November 18, 1939, and educated at the University
of Toronto, Radcliffe College, and Harvard University. Drawn to
writing from an early age, Atwood began to publish her poems when
she was 19 and brought out her first book of poetry, Double Persephone,
in 1961. She continued writing while teaching English literature
at various universities in Canada (1964-72) and as writer-in-residence
at the University of Toronto (1972-73). Atwood is best known for
her novels The Edible Woman, Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, Bodily
Harm, and The Handmaid's Tale, and most recently, Alias Grace.
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