Margaret Atwood

Author of The Handmaid's Tale

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About the Author

Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, Canada. She received a B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1961 and an M.A. from Radcliff College in 1962. Her first book of verse, Double Persephone, was published in 1961 and was awarded the E. J. Pratt Medal. She has show more published numerous books of poetry, novels, story collections, critical work, juvenile work, and radio and teleplays. Her works include The Journals of Susanna Moodie, Power Politics, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Morning in the Buried House, the MaddAdam trilogy, and The Heart Goes Last. She has won numerous awards including the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, the Booker Prize in 2000 for The Blind Assassin, the Giller Prize and the Premio Mondello for Alias Grace, and the Governor General's Award in 1966 for The Circle Game and in 1986 for The Handmaid's Tale, which also won the very first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. She won the PEN Pinter prize in 2016 for her political activism. She was awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize for the outstanding literary merit of her body of work. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Margaret Etvud, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Маргарет Этвуд

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Selected Poems

Works by Margaret Atwood

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The Handmaid's Tale (1985) 42,654 copies

Oryx and Crake (2003) 17,028 copies

The Blind Assassin (2000) 16,527 copies

Alias Grace (1996) 11,920 copies

Cat's Eye (1988) 9,135 copies

The Robber Bride (1993) 7,404 copies

The Year of the Flood (2009) 7,331 copies

The Testaments (2019) 6,276 copies

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (2005) 5,910 copies

Surfacing (1972) 4,333 copies

The Edible Woman (1969) 4,039 copies

MaddAddam (2013) 3,562 copies

Lady Oracle (1976) 2,999 copies

The Heart Goes Last (2015) 2,610 copies

Moral Disorder and Other Stories (2006) 2,325 copies

Wilderness Tips (1991) 2,261 copies

Hag-Seed (2016) 2,260 copies

Life Before Man (1979) 1,959 copies

Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories (1983) 1,952 copies

Bodily Harm (1981) 1,944 copies

Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (2014) 1,629 copies

Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (2002) 1,458 copies

Dancing Girls and Other Stories (1977) 1,427 copies

The Tent (2006) 1,228 copies

Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (2007) 872 copies

Good Bones and Simple Murders (1994) 729 copies

In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (2011) 633 copies

Morning in the Burned House (1995) 596 copies

The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) (2019) 587 copies

Dearly: New Poems (2020) 549 copies

Good Bones (1992) 540 copies

Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems (1983) 499 copies

Selected Poems: 1965-1975 (1976) 393 copies

My Evil Mother - story (2022) 392 copies

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories (2023) 389 copies

The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970) 369 copies

Angel Catbird Volume 1 (2016) 336 copies

Selected Poems II: 1976-1986 (1986) 327 copies

Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972) 325 copies

The Door (2007) 311 copies

Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose, 1983-2005 (2005) 279 copies

Burning Questions (2022) 268 copies

Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut (1995) 234 copies

Power Politics (1971) 219 copies

The Circle Game (1964) 205 copies

Strange Things (1995) 197 copies

Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (2022) — Contributor; Editor — 190 copies

The Best American Short Stories 1989 (1989) — Editor — 189 copies

Curious Pursuits (2005) 160 copies

Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes (2003) 149 copies

Up in the Tree (1978) 149 copies

Selected Poems: 1966-1984 (1976) 144 copies

Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995 (1998) 136 copies

Second Words: Selected Critical Prose (1982) 128 copies

I'm Starved for You: Positron, Episode One (2012) 121 copies

Cut and Thirst - story 119 copies

The Handmaid's Tale (abridged audio - Julie Christie) (1987) 115 copies

The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Editor — 112 copies

The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake; The Year of the Flood; Maddaddam (2013) 105 copies

The Labrador Fiasco (1996) 99 copies

True Stories (1981) 98 copies

You Are Happy (1974) 94 copies

Margaret Atwood Conversations (1870) 93 copies

Angel Catbird Volume 2: To Castle Catula (2017) 92 copies

The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English (1656) — Editor — 92 copies

Bluebeard's Egg [Collection] (1983) 85 copies

Surfacing / Life Before Man / The Handmaid's Tale (1990) 81 copies

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda (2004) 81 copies

The World Split Open: Great Authors on How and Why We Write (2014) 80 copies

Two-Headed Poems (1978) 78 copies

The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories (1986) — Editor; Contributor — 73 copies

Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed (2023) — Contributor — 70 copies

Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982-2004 (2004) 69 copies

The Animals in That Country (1968) 62 copies

The Penelopiad - The Play (2007) 61 copies

Choke Collar: Positron, Episode Two (2012) 61 copies

Great Writers of Canada: Margaret Atwood (The Edible Woman/Surfacing/Lady Oracle) (1969) 55 copies

The Myths Boxset: A Short History of Myth / The Penelopiad / Weight (2005) 54 copies

Life Before Man/Cat's Eye (1993) 54 copies

Angel Catbird Volume 3: The Catbird Roars (2017) 51 copies

Story of a Nation: Defining Moments in Our History (2001) — Contributor — 50 copies

The Handmaid's Tale: Special Edition (2017) 50 copies

Procedures for Underground (1970) 47 copies

Erase Me: Positron, Episode Three (2012) 44 copies

Interlunar (1984) 42 copies

For the Birds (1991) 41 copies

The Handmaid's Tale | The Testaments (2019) 40 copies

Freedom: Vintage Minis (2018) 40 copies

Seven Contemporary Short Novels [Third Edition] (1997) — Contributor — 40 copies

A Trio of Tolerable Tales (2017) 38 copies

The Heart Goes Last: Positron, Episode Four (2013) 37 copies

Waltzing Again: New & Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood (2006) 34 copies

Bones and Murder (1995) 32 copies

The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen, Volume 1: The Early Years (1993) — Editor; Introduction — 30 copies

I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth (2012) 29 copies

The CanLit Foodbook: From Pen to Palate, a Collection of Tasty Literary Fare (1987) — Author; Illustrator — 28 copies

Barbed Lyres: Canadian Venomous Verse (1990) — Foreword — 27 copies

The Handmaid's Tale: The Complete Third Season (2017) — Author — 25 copies

Two Solicitudes: Conversations (1998) 24 copies

Wilderness Tips/Cat's Eye (1999) 22 copies

Happy Endings 21 copies

The Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen, Volume 2: The Later Years (2001) — Editor; Introduction — 19 copies

Alias Grace (2 for 1-Cat's Eye) 19 copies

Anna's Pet (1980) 19 copies

War Bears (2018) 19 copies

Positron: Episodes 1-3 (2012) 18 copies

The Burgess Shale: The Canadian Writing Landscape of the 1960s (2017) 17 copies

The Complete Angel Catbird (2018) 16 copies

Moral Disorder: A Story (2009) 15 copies

Happy Zombie Sunrise Home 14 copies

Days of the Rebels: 1815-1840 (1977) 14 copies

Bottle (2004) 14 copies

Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose from the End of Days (2012) 13 copies

People Who Make a Difference / Des gens peu ordinaires (English and French Edition) (1995) 12 copies

Cat's Eye/The Edible Woman (1999) 12 copies

Blackie In Antarctica (2004) 11 copies

Un día es un día (2013) 10 copies

Oryx and Crake [and] The Year of the Flood (2013) 9 copies

Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop's Wunderground Washery (2011) 8 copies

In Search of "Alias Grace" (Charles R. Bronfman Lecture in Canadian Studies) (1997) 8 copies

Polarities (1994) — Author — 7 copies

Dire Cartographies: The Roads to Utopia (2015) 7 copies

The Myths (A Short History of Myth / The Penelopiad / Weight / Dream Angus / Helmet of Horror / Lion's Honey) (2006) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Poetry and Voice of Margaret Atwood (1977) 6 copies

The Handmaid's Tale (BBC Radio Collection) [dramatization] (2004) 6 copies

Moppet Shop: Positron, Episode Five 6 copies

The Robber Bride [Includes the Short Story 'I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth'] (2009) 5 copies

A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot and Woolf 5 copies

Double Persephone 5 copies

Death by Landscape (2015) 5 copies

A Quiet Game and Other Early Works (1997) 5 copies

This Is a Photograph of Me: Girl and Horse, 1928 (2009) 5 copies

Margaret Atwood Presents: Stories by Canada's Best New Women Writers (2004) — Editor — 5 copies

The Edible Woman | The Robber Bride | Oryx and Crake (2015) 4 copies

[unidentified works] (1997) 4 copies

White Horse 4 copies

The Progress of Love / Death by Landscape (2010) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Peter Doig: Works on Paper (2005) 4 copies

Lusus Naturae [short story] 3 copies

Homelanding (1989) 3 copies

The Female Body 3 copies

Stone Mattress: A Story (2014) 3 copies

Quatro Contos Consonantes 3 copies

The Margaret Atwood 4-Book Bundle: The Handmaid's Tale; The Blind Assassin; Alias Grace; The Robber Bride (2016) 3 copies

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (13-Oct-1994) Paperback 3 copies

Selected Poetry of Gwendolyn MacEwen (1996) — Editor — 3 copies

Cat's Eye/The Robber Bride (1989) 3 copies

Bluebeard's Egg [short story] 2 copies

Notes Towards a Poem That Can Never be Written (1981) 2 copies

Kipeästi : runoja (2023) 2 copies

The Man from Mars 2 copies

The Evil Mother 2 copies

Das Winterlesebuch. Geschichten für lange Winterabende. (2001) 2 copies

O PROJETO DECAMERÃO (1900) 2 copies

Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein 2 copies

Prayers and Hymns for Junior Schools (1933) 2 copies

Margaret Atwood Book Set - 7 volumes (1994) 2 copies

Gwendolyn MacEwen: The Early Years and the Later Years (1994) — Editor — 2 copies

"The Grave of the Famous Poet" 2 copies

War Bears #3 (2018) 2 copies

Unearthing Suite (1983) 2 copies

Tricks with Mirrors (2001) 2 copies

War Bears #2 (2018) 2 copies

Margaret Atwood Reads the Animals in That Country/You Are Happy/Power Politics and Other Poems/Cassette (1993) 2 copies

Snake Poems (1983) 2 copies

Liking Men [short story] 1 copy

Mortifications (ROBERTSON) 1 copy

למעלה למעלה בעץ 1 copy

Poemas tardios (Portuguese Edition) 1 copy

"Something Has Happened " 1 copy

L'alè misteriós. Poemes escollits 1965-2007 1 copy

"Tree Baby" 1 copy

Brevi scene di lupi: poesie scelte (1966-2020) (2020) 1 copy

Simmering [short story] 1 copy

Erase Me: Positron Episode 3 1 copy

The Handmaid's Tale Dramatized 1 copy

Hē klephtra kissa (1996) 1 copy

Angel Catbird [full cast audio adaptation] (2018) 1 copy

Scarlet Ibis 1 copy

Margaret Atwood / Selected Poems II Poems Selected and New 1976-1986 1st ed 1987 1 copy

My Evil Stepmother 1 copy

Old Babes in the Wood {story} 1 copy

Þ ł £ þ ʺ £ ð ơ ł (2017) 1 copy

The world as it is : In the eyes of Margaret Atwood, Wole Soyinka, Ai Weiwei (1986) — Contributor — 1 copy

here after 1 copy

Drei drollige Dramen 1 copy

Margaret Atwood 27 Copy DI (2003) 1 copy

Vecchi bambini perduti nel bosco (Italian Edition) 1 copy

"But It Could Still" 1 copy

Cat's Eye / The Edible Woman / Life Before Man 1 copy

Margaret Atwood (1997) 1 copy

The Testaments (BBC Radio 4) 1 copy

Surfacing Notes (1998) 1 copy

Fresh 1 copy

Margaret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing Masterclass 1 copy

The Age of Lead [short story] 1 copy

"Rat Song" 1 copy

Scribbler Moon 1 copy

"Death of a Young Son by Drowning" 1 copy

"Landcrab I" 1 copy

"Landcrab II" 1 copy

Siren Song 1 copy

Wilderness Tips / Lady Oracle / Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories / The Handmaid's Tale 1 copy

"Tricks with Mirrors" 1 copy

The Freeze-Dried Groom 1 copy

Bearlift, being the fourth section of MaddAddam, a novel [artist's proof] 1 copy

Nightengale 1 copy

[article printout : "The Shadow over Israel"] 1 copy

"Giving Birth" 1 copy

Alias Grace | Oryx and Crake | Bodily Harm | The Handmaid's Tale (1997) 1 copy

Alias Grace/The Blind Assassin [abridged audio] (2001) 1 copy

Selected Stories (2012) 1 copy

Uglypuss {short story} 1 copy

"The Whirlpool Rapids" 1 copy

The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors, Volume Two. (Atwood, Cohen, Etc.) 1 copy

Positron 1 copy

"When It Happens" 1 copy

The Bad News: From Moral Disorder (2018) 1 copy

Die Kunst des Kochens und Auftragens: Gesammelte Erzählungen | Die besten Geschichten aus über sechzig Jahren (2021) 1 copy

The Academy of American Poets: Margaret Atwood 1 copy

Ἀνάδυση (1990) 1 copy

Encounters with the element man 1 copy

Kjære vene : nye dikt (2021) 1 copy

Poèmes tardifs (2022) 1 copy

Dalt de l'arbre (Catalan Edition) (2007) 1 copy

Good Bones & Murder in the Dark (Illustrated Edition) (2000) 1 copy

Morte de Smudgie 1 copy

The Martians Claim Canada 1 copy

Two Scorched Men 1 copy

Impatient Griselda 1 copy

Autograph, (Fantasy Author), S. Book Plate 1 copy

Surviving Progress 1 copy

In the Wake of the Flood (2011) 1 copy

Aus dem Wald hinausfinden: Ein Gespräch mit Caspar Shaller (Kampa Salon) (German Edition) 1 copy

No title 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
Other names: Atwood, Peggy
Birthdate: 1939-11-18
Gender: female
Nationality: Canada
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Places of residence: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education: Leaside High School (1957)
University of Toronto (BA|1961)
Radcliffe College (MA|1962)
Occupations: novelist
poet
cartoonist
Relationships: Gibson, Graeme (partner)
Awards and honors: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1961)
Companion, Order of Canada (1981)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1981)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988)
Order of Ontario (1990)
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1994) (show all 24)
Peggy V. Helmerich Award (1999)
Man Booker Prize (2000, 2019)
Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement (2007)
Premio Príncipe de Asturias (2008)
Nelly Sachs Prize (2010)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters (2015)
PEN Pinter prize (2016)
Franz Kafka Prize (2017)
SF Hall Of Fame (2017)
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (1987)
Giller Prize (1996)
Hammet Prize (2000)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (2010)
Companion of Honour (2019)
Writer in the World (2024)
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (2017)
PEN Center USA Literary Award (2017)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2017)
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June 2024: Margaret Atwood in Monthly Author Reads (Monday 5:04pm)

Found: Girls in red dresses, nuns (?) taking care of them in Name that Book (January 2023)

April 2019: Margaret Atwood in Monthly Author Reads (May 2022)

2019 Booker Prize Longlist: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood in Booker Prize (July 2019)

November Read: Margaret Atwood in Virago Modern Classics (December 2017)

May 2013: Margaret Atwood in Monthly Author Reads (April 2017)

Canadian Author Challenge — April: Margaret Atwood & Michael Crummey in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (May 2016)

Atwood April 2015 in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (May 2015)

"Maddaddam": What's your verdict? SPOILERS ALLOWED in Girlybooks (November 2014)

The Penelopiad: The chorus of 12 young women in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: Framing in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: First Impressions in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: Legendary heroes in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: Modernizing The Odyssey? in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: Your opinions of characters in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: Introduce Yourself in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

The Penelopiad: A satire? in One LibraryThing, One Book (June 2014)

Atwood April 2014 in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (April 2014)

April Group Read - "Alias Grace" (SPOILERS) in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (May 2013)

Esquiress: Atwood April Showers, Thread 4 in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (May 2013)

Atwood April 2013 in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (May 2013)

April Group Read - "Alias Grace" (NO SPOILERS, PLEASE!) in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (April 2013)

THE ROBBER BRIDE - rolling book discussion - July '09 onwards... in Atwoodians (August 2012)

1001 Group Read-March: Cat's Eye in 1001 Books to read before you die (March 2012)

Oryx and Crake spoiler thread in The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (February 2012)

GROUP READ: Oryx and Crake in The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (January 2012)

Group Read: The Blind Assassin in 1001 Books to read before you die (February 2011)

Alias Grace---with potential SPOILERS in Orange January/July (January 2011)

Group Read (January): Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (no spoilers!) in Orange January/July (January 2011)

Reviews

Cut and Thirst: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood

I found this an entertaining but hard to define type of story. Friendship, loyalty, revenge, karma, and the cruelty of aging and illness are all addressed in some way. Despite this, the tone is fairly light-hearted making it easy to devour and digest.

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AngelaJMaher | 7 other reviews | Jun 3, 2024 |

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

**spoiler alert** ***Spoilers***

I puzzled over how to rate this book.

On one hand, it was well written by Margaret Atwood and expertly delivered by Claire Danes.

On the other hand, I didn't *like* it. I hate that Offred may have had a happy ending, or may have had an even worse ending than what she had suffered thus far. I don't like not knowing. I hate how it made me seriously consider the possibility of such a regime in my own world, and the true stories of oppression abroad that I read about in the news. This book's dark subject matter and the way I became immersed adversely affected my daily mood and overall happiness for the duration of my listening.

So, I don't like the book.

But it did change me and my perspective. ...and is that not the hallmark of an excellent book?… (more)

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HRHSophie | 1,148 other reviews | May 31, 2024 |

Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (The… by Margaret Atwood

Signed 1st DJ in Mylar

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jgonn | 27 other reviews | May 31, 2024 |

The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale

I liked this book very much. I found it wasn’t too much of a stretch to imagine a totalitarian state in light of present world events. I hope to read more from this author. Very enjoyable and entertaining book.

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ShawnEllsworth | 1,148 other reviews | May 29, 2024 |

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