ATWOOD, Margaret

ATWOOD, Margaret. Canadian, b. 1939. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, lecturer in English, 1964-65; instructor in English, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1967-68, and University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1969-70; York University, Toronto, assistant professor of English, 1971-72; writer-in-residence, University of Toronto, 1972-73, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1985, Macquarie University, N. Ryde, NSW, 1987, and Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 1989; New York University, NYC, Berg Chair, 1986. President, Writers' Union of Canada, 1981-82, and International PEN, Canadian Centre (English Speaking), 1984-86. Recipient of numerous awards for poetry and fiction. Publications: POETRY: The Circle Game, 1964; Kaleidescopes Baroque, 1965; Talismans for Children, 1965; Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein, 1966; The Animals in that Country, 1969; The Journals of Susanna Moodie, 1970; Procedures for Underground, 1970; Power Politics, 1971; You Are Happy, 1974; Selected Poems, 1976; Marsh, Hawk, 1977; Two-Headed Poems, 1978; True Stories, 1981; Notes towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written, 1981; Snake Poems, 1983; Interlunar, 1984; Selected Poems II: 1976-1986, 1987; Selected Poems, 1966-1984, 1990; Margaret Atwood Poems, 1965-1975, 1991; Morning in the Burned House, 1995. FICTION: The Edible Woman, 1969; Surfacing, 1972; Lady Oracle, 1976; Dancing Girls (stories), 1977; Life before Man, 1979; Bodily Harm, 1981; Encounters with the Element Man, 1982; Murder in the Dark, 1983; Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories, 1983; Unearthing Suite (stories), 1983; The Handmaid's Tale, 1985; Cat's Eye, 1988; Wilderness Tips, 1991; Good Bones, 1992; The Robber Bride, 1993; Alias Grace, 1996; The Blind Assassin, 2000 (Booker Prize); Oryx and Crake, 2003. CHILDREN'S BOOKS: Up in the Tree, 1978; Anna's Pet, 1980; For the Birds, 1990; Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut, 1995; Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, 2003. NON-FICTION: Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature, 1972; Days of the Rebels, 1815-1840, 1977; Second Words: Selected Critical Prose, 1982; Negotiating with the Dead, 2002. OTHER: New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, 1982; (with R. Weaver) The Oxford Book of Short Stories, in English, 1986; (ed.) The Canlit Food Book, 1987; (ed. with S. Ravenel) The Best American Short Stories 1989, 1989; Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature, 1995. Address: c/o McClelland & Stewart, 481 University Ave Ste 900, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2E9.