Margaret Atwood

Writing

Margaret Atwood

Born November 18, 1939 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (age 86)

Born in Ottawa and raised in Toronto, Margaret Atwood graduated from the University of Toronto’s Victoria College in 1961 and pursued a master's at Harvard in 1963. Her teaching stint at the University of British Columbia marked her start, but it was her poetry collection, "The Circle Game," in 1964 that brought her initial literary acclaim. Her debut novel, "The Edible Woman" (1969), resonated w…

Known For

The Handmaid's TaleThe Handmaid's Tale · 1990
The Handmaid's Tale
6.11990
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
The Robber BrideThe Robber Bride · 2007
The Robber Bride
4.82007
MovieDramaMystery
Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario next to her blood-soaked car, the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.
In the Wake of the FloodIn the Wake of the Flood · 2010
In the Wake of the Flood
2010
MovieDocumentary
On the eve of her 70th birthday, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood set out on an international tour criss-crossing the British Isles and North America to celebrate the publication of her new dystopian novel, The Year of the Flood. Rather than mount a traditional tour to promote a book's publication, Atwood conceived and executed something far more ambitious and revelatory--a theatrical version of her novel. Along the way she reinvented what a book tour could (and maybe should) be. But Atwood wasn't selling books as much as advocating an idea: how humanity must respond to the consequences of an environmentally compromised planet before her work of speculative fiction transforms into prophesy.
SurfacingSurfacing · 1981
Surfacing
4.71981
MovieDrama
Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However, the harsh environment becomes a dangerous catalyst for their explosive mix of personalities, propelling them into a world of raw emotion and unbridled passion.
Stone MattressStone Mattress
Stone Mattress
MovieThrillerDrama
Physiotherapist Verna embarks on a luxurious cruise into the magnificent and silently thawing Arctic Northwest Passage. On the ship, Verna meets the friendly and charming Grace, and the seemingly ordinary Bob, who tries to seduce her. As wounds and humiliations from her past resurface, the smooth atmosphere of the cruise will be disturbed by Verna’s quiet, yet shocking act of vengeance.
Heaven On EarthHeaven On Earth · 1987
Heaven On Earth
8.01987
MovieDramaTV Movie
An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British 'bricks for Empire building' - based on the memoirs of some of the 100,000 'home children' who helped build the new Canada.
PaybackPayback · 2012
Payback
5.82012
MovieDocumentary
An adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book examining the metaphor of indebtedness.
Al Purdy Was HereAl Purdy Was Here · 2015
Al Purdy Was Here
5.02015
Movie
The story of Canada's leading poet and the A-Frame cabin he built. Now Canada's leading musicians and artists come together to tell the tale of Al Purdy.

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