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Michael Ondaatje, author portrait
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Michael Ondaatje

MICHAEL ONDAATJE is the author of seven novels, including Coming Through Slaughter, The Cat’s Table, and Warlight; a memoir, Running in the Family; a nonfiction book on film-editing, The Conversations; and several books of poetry, including A Year of Last Things, The Cinnamon Peeler, and Handwriting. Among the international accolades, for all his work, The English Patient received the Booker Prize in 1992 and was made into a film by Anthony Minghella. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto.
The Distance of a Shout
A Year of Last Things
Warlight
The Cat's Table
The English Patient
Divisadero
The Conversations
Anil's Ghost
Handwriting
The Cinnamon Peeler
In the Skin of a Lion
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Coming Through Slaughter
Running in the Family

Books

The Distance of a Shout
A Year of Last Things
Warlight
The Cat's Table
The English Patient
Divisadero
The Conversations
Anil's Ghost
Handwriting
The Cinnamon Peeler
In the Skin of a Lion
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Coming Through Slaughter
Running in the Family

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