![]() ![]() Ondaatje's work includes fiction, autobiography, poetry and film. In 1971, reluctant to get his PhD, he left his position at Western Ontario and went on to teach English literature at Glendon College, York University. ![]() Īfter his formal schooling, Ondaatje began teaching English at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. While he was working on his undergraduate degree at Bishop's University, Ondaatje's met his future mentor, the poet D.G Jones, who praised his poetic ability. In 1967, he received a Master of Arts from Queen's University at Kingston. In his final year he attended the University of Toronto where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965. After relocating to Canada, Ondaatje studied at Bishop's College School and Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, for three years. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, in 1962. While in England, Ondaatje pursued secondary education at Dulwich College. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia in Colombo. His parents separated when he was an infant he then lived with relatives until 1954 when he joined his mother in England. Ondaatje was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, in 1943, of Burgher descent ( Dutch and Sinhalese). In addition to his literary writing, Ondaatje has been an important force in "fostering new Canadian writing" with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (around 1970–90), and his editorial credits on Canadian literary projects like the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others. In 2018, Ondaatje won the Golden Man Booker Prize for The English Patient. However, he is more recently recognized for his nationally and internationally successful novel The English Patient (1992), which was adapted into a film in 1996. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing The Dainty Monsters, and then in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Ondaatje is also an Officer of the Order of Canada, recognizing him as one of Canada's most renowned living authors. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller Prize, the Booker Prize, and the Prix Médicis étranger. Philip Michael Ondaatje CC FRSL( / ɒ n ˈ d ɑː tʃ iː/ born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. ![]() Ondaatje speaking at Tulane University, 2010 ![]()
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