Ondaatje, Michael
Ondaatje, Michael ( 1943 – ),Canadian poet and novelist, born in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). He moved to Canada in 1962 and was educated at the University of Toronto and at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He taught English at the University of Western Ontario from 1967 to 1970 and then at Glendon College, York University, Toronto. He first came to critical notice as a poet with The Dainty Monsters ( 1967 ), The Man with Seven Toes ( 1969 ), Rat Jelly ( 1973 ), and There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do ( 1979 ). In The Collected Works of Billy the Kid ( 1970 ), a collage of poetry and prose and visual devices, he uses temporal dislocation and multiple viewpoints to present a paradoxical amalgamation of history, fiction, and autobiography. Coming through Slaughter ( 1976 ) is a fictionalized life of the legendary jazz musician Charles ‘Buddy’ Bolden...
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