Atwood, Margaret
Atwood, Margaret ( 1939 – ),Canadian poet and novelist, born in Ottawa, who spent much of her early life in the northern Ontario and Quebec bush country. Her first volume of poetry, The Circle Game, appeared in 1966 , to be followed by several others. Her first novel, The Edible Woman ( 1969 ), was followed by Surfacing ( 1972 ), Lady Oracle ( 1976 ), and Life before Man ( 1979 ), all novels, and a controversial study of themes in Canadian literature, Survival ( 1972 ). She also compiled The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English ( 1983 ). More recent works include Murder in the Dark ( 1983 ), a collection of short prose pieces; Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories ( 1983 ), and Unearthing Suite (stories, 1983 ). The Handmaid's Tale ( 1985 ) is a futuristic fable, set in the imaginary Republic of Gilead, about a woman whose only function is to...
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