Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka in 1943. He moved to Canada in 1962, and became a Canadian citizen. He teaches at Glendon College, York University. His films include Sons of Captain Poetry (about bpNichol) and The Clinton Special (about Theatre Passe Muraille).

Awards
Governor General's Award for Poetry, 1970, 1979.
Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1992; finalist, 1987.
Booker Prize, 1992.
Trillium Award, finalist, 1999.

Selected Publications
There's a Trick With a Knife I'm Learning To Do: Poems 1963-1978. (McClelland & Stewart, 1979).
Running in the Family (memoir). (McClelland & Stewart, 1982, 1993).
Secular Love. (Coach House Press, 1984).
In the Skin of a Lion (novel). (McClelland & Stewart, 1987).
Brushes With Greatness: An Anthology of Chance Encounters with Greatness. (Coach House Press, 1989).
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems. (McClelland & Stewart, 1989).
The Dainty Monsters. (Coach House Press, 1992).
From Ink Lake. (Editor). (Lester & Orpen, Dennys, 1990; Random House, 1992).
The English Patient. (McClelland & Stewart, 1992).
Handwriting. (McClelland & Stewart, 1998).

Books in Print
Ondaatje, Michael
Brushes With Greatness: An Anthology of Chance Encounters with Greatness. Coach House Press, 1989. $16.95 ISBN: 0-88910-349-6.
Coming Through Slaughter (fiction). Anansi, 1976. $16.95 ISBN: 0-88784-052-3 (hb); $12.95 ISBN: 0-88784-517-7 (pb).
From Ink Lake (editor). Lester & Orpen, Dennys, 1990; Random House, 1992. $24.95 ISBN: 0-88619-267-6 (hb); $16.95 ISBN: 0-394222-62-8 (pb).
Handwriting. McClelland & Stewart, 1998. $19.99. ISBN: 0-7710-6877-8.
In the Skin of a Lion (novel). McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Books, 1987. $22.50 ISBN: 0-7710-6887-5 (hb); $7.99 ISBN: 0-14-011450-5 (pb).
Personal Fictions: Stories by Monroe, Wiebe, Thomas and Blaise (editor). Oxford University Press, 1977. $9.95 ISBN: 0-19-540277-4.
Rat Jelly. Coach House Press, 1973. $12.95 ISBN: 0-88910-107-8.
Running in the Family (memoir). McClelland & Stewart, 1982. $22.95 ISBN: 0-7710-6884-0 (hb); $12.95 ISBN: 0-7736-6883-2 (pb); New Canadian Library, McClelland & Stewart, 1993. $6.95 ISBN: 0-7710-9895-2.
Secular Love. Coach House Press, 1984. $12.95 ISBN: 0-88910-288-0.
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems. McClelland & Stewart, 1989. $15.99 ISBN: 0-7710-6881-6.
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Anansi, 1970. $16.95 ISBN: 0-88784-118-X (hb); $9.95 ISBN: 0-88784-509-6 (pb).
The Dainty Monsters. Coach House Press, 1992. $12.95 ISBN: 0-88910-014-4.
The English Patient (novel). McClelland & Stewart, Vintage Books, 1992. $26.99 ISBN: 0-7710-6886-7 (hb); $14.00 ISBN: 0-394280-13-X (pb).
The Long Poem Anthology (editor). Coach House Press, 1979. $18.95 ISBN: 0-88910-177-9.
There's a Trick With a Knife I'm Learning To Do: Poems 1963-1978. McClelland & Stewart, 1979. $11.95 ISBN: 0-7710-6882-4.

Michael Ondaatje c/o Glendon College, English Department, 2275 Bayview Ave. , Toronto, ON, M5N 3M6