# Margaret Atwood

Canadian literary icon and author of The Handmaid's Tale, which became a cultural phenomenon through the Emmy-winning Hulu series. Booker Prize winner with over 50 books published across six decades.

## Quick Facts

- **Born:** November 18, 1939
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Occupation:** Author / Speculative Fiction
- **Category:** Scholars & Educators

## Overview

Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.

## Wikipedia Context

This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Margaret Atwood. Canadian writer (born 1939)

## Sources

Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Atwood

## Timeline

### 1939 — Birth
Birth of Margaret Atwood.

### 2026 — Wikipedia Complement
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### 2026 — Profile Update
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## Quotes

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