Literature | margaret-atwood

Margaret Atwood made contributions to not only her motherland, but to other nations around the world. Her works have been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. So far, she has a total of fourteen published novels, 10 short story collections, 20 poetry collections, 7 children’s books and 3 television scripts. Furthermore, Margaret has won a whooping fifty five distinguished literary awards, including two Governor General's Awards and the Man Booker Prize. Atwood’s contribution to Canadian literature was recognized in 2000, when she received Britain's highest literary award, the $47,000 Booker Prize. Atwood donated the prize money to environmental and literary causes.

Margaret Atwood Society-

To promote the scholarly exchange of information, a Margaret Atwood Society was founded in 1984. A large number of intellectuals studying and teaching her work in worldwide. On a similar note, Margaret Atwood only has started an official website (www.margaretatwood.ca), where she provides several resources and pieces of advice for Canadian authors who are attempting to be an influential author like she is. She advises, “Getting excerpts or shorter works published in magazines helps. Rest assured that it takes time to build a reputation and an audience.” She also provides helpful publishers to get new writers started on their career path. It would be difficult for Margaret Atwood to reach each individual Canadian writer, but she is attempting to help every writer who visits her website. This helps Canadian writers and other writers to become successful.

Awards Received-

Order of Ontario, 1990
Centennial Medal, Harvard University, 1990
Trillium Award for Excellence in Ontario writing, for Wilderness Tips, 1992
John Hughes Prize, from the Welsh Development Board, 1992
Book of the Year Award from the Periodical Marketers of Canada, for Wilderness Tips, 1992
Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, 1992
Canadian Authors’ Association Novel of the Year, for The Robber Bride, 1993
Trillium Award for Excellence in Ontario Writing (The Robber Bride), 1994
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Canadian and Caribbean Region, for The Robber Bride, 1994

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Margaret Atwood is heavily involved in and founded many literary supportive foundations. She is a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community. The Writers' Trust celebrates and rewards the talents and achievements of Canada's novelists, short story writers, poets, biographers, and other fiction and nonfiction writers. In 2004 Atwood co-invented the Long Pen. The basis behind the Long Pen is to revolutionize book tours by eliminating the daunting task of travelling from city to city at ungodly hours of the day. The contraption allows the author to autograph books at a distance, from the comfort of his or her own home, while the reader is hundreds or even thousands of miles away in a bookstore. It still allows for visual communication between the reader and the author.