Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian author known for her novels, poetry, and feminist works. She has published over 30 books that have been translated into over 30 languages. Atwood began writing at a young age and has received numerous awards, including the Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters in 2008, for her outstanding literary work exploring different genres with acuteness and irony. She remains an active writer and advocate for environmental and civil rights issues.

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2. Margaret Atwood is one of the Canada's major contemporary authors; she is a prominent novelist and poet, and also writes short stories, screenplays, radio scripts, critical studies and books for children.

3. At the date she is author of more than thirty books in thirty five countries, and her works having been translated into over 30 languages.

4. Margaret Eleanor Atwood called “Peggy” in her family, was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1939

5. *At seven she moved to Toronto *After her high school graduation in 1959, she studied at the University of Toronto *At the age of 19 wrote “Double Persephone” (1961). It was a privately printed book that won the E.J. Pratt medal. *She got her master’s degree at Radcliffe College, Massachusetts in 1962. *Between 1962 and 1967 she studied Victorian Literature at Harvard for her Ph.D. and taught English at the University of British Columbia.

6. He wrote “The Circle Game” in 1964. She got Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry (Canada) in 1966. In 1967, Margaret Atwood married Jim Polk but after a few years the couple got divorce.

7. *Margaret Atwood is noted for her feminism too. *She is considered a measure of the feminist thought *Her early feminist treatise, "The Edible Woman” was published in 1969.

8. In 1969, Margaret married novelist Graeme Gibson. They moved to a small town called Alliston, in Ontario, with Gibson and his two young sons. In 1976 they welcomed their daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson. The couple remain happily married to this day, and they live in Toronto.

9. She has held a variety of academic posts and has been writer-in-residence at numerous Canadian, European and American universities. Margaret is the recipient of around 35 prizes and awards and numerous honours.

10. * In 2008 Spain has named Margaret Atwood winner of the Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters. *The jury praised Atwood for her " outstanding literary work that has explored different genres with acuteness and irony. " *The jury also chose Atwood " because she cleverly assumes the classic tradition, defends women's dignity and denounces social unfairness ."

11. Margaret Atwood won the Crystal Award at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos. Atwood and her partner Graeme Gibson are members of the Green Party She has strong views on environmental issues. As an activist she supports many civil rights organizations.

12. Margaret Atwood celebrated her 70th birthday at a gala dinner at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, marking the final stop of her international tour to promote “The Year of the Flood”, her most recent novel published in 2009. She's been a brilliant writer since her 20s, and her remarkably versatile work continues to dazzle and innovate.

13. The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island, country, knowing at last how you got there, and say, I own this, is the same moment when the trees unloose their soft arms from around you, the birds take back their language, the cliffs fissure and collapse, the air moves back from you like a wave and you can't breathe. No , they whisper. You own nothing. You were a visitor, time after time climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming. We never belonged to you . You never found us. It was always the other way round . The Moment