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Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
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1943-
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Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He moved to Canada in 1962, studied at Bishop's University in Quebec, the University of Toronto, and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, then became a university lecturer. He taught at the University of Western Ontario, 1966?-1973? He is known as a poet, playwright and novelist. His novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize in 1992 (filmed, 1996).
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Revised by JF, November 27, 2020.
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Wikidata Q identifier: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313593
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