Philip Michael OndaatjeCCFRSL(/ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː/; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist,[1] novelist, editor, and filmmaker.
Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing"[4] with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (ca. 1970–1990), and his editorial credits include the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others.[4]
In 2018, his novel Warlight was longlisted for the Booker Prize.[9]
Adaptationsedit
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Coming Through Slaughter and Divisadero have been adapted for the stage and produced in theatrical productions across North America and Europe. In addition to The English Patient adaptation, Ondaatje's films include a documentary on poet B.P. Nichol, Sons of Captain Poetry, and The Clinton Special: A Film About The Farm Show, which chronicles a collaborative theatre experience led in 1971 by Paul Thompson of Theatre Passe Muraille. In 2002, Ondaatje published a non-fiction book, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film, which won special recognition at the 2003 American Cinema Editors Awards, as well as a Kraszna-Krausz Book Award for best book of the year on the moving image.[10]
In 2016, a new species of spider, Brignolia ondaatjei, discovered in Sri Lanka, was named after him.[15]
Public standedit
In April 2015, Ondaatje was one of several members of PEN American Center who withdrew as literary host when the organization gave its annual Freedom of Expression Courage award to Charlie Hebdo. The award came in the wake of the shooting attack on the magazine's Paris offices in January 2015.[16] Ondaatje claimed that, due to the magazine's anti-Islam content, it should not have been honoured. [citation needed]
Ondaatje has two children with his first wife, Canadian artist Kim Ondaatje. [citation needed] His brother Sir Christopher Ondaatje is a philanthropist, businessman and author.[citation needed] Ondaatje's nephew David Ondaatje is a film director and screenwriter, who made the 2009 film The Lodger.[18]
Booksedit
Novelsedit
1976: Coming Through Slaughter (also see "Other" section, 1980, below), Toronto: Anansi, ISBN 0-393-08765-4; New York: W. W. Norton, 1977[19]
1979: There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do: Poems, 1963–1978, New York: W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 1979[19]ISBN 0-393-01191-7, ISBN 0-393-01200-X
published as Rat Jelly, and Other Poems, 1963–1978, London, United Kingdom: Marion Boyars, 1980[19]
1984: Secular Love, Toronto: Coach House Press, ISBN 0-88910-288-0, ISBN 0-393-01991-8 ; New York: W. W. Norton, 1985[21]
1986: All along the Mazinaw: Two Poems (broadside), Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Woodland Pattern[19]
1986: Two Poems, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, Wisconsin[19]
1989: The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems, London, United Kingdom: Pan; New York: Knopf, 1991[19]
2006: The Story, Toronto: House of Anansi, ISBN 0-88784-194-5[19]
Editoredit
1971: The Broken Ark, animal verse; Ottawa: Oberon; revised as A Book of Beasts, 1979[19]ISBN 0-88750-050-1
1977: Personal Fictions: Stories by Munro, Wiebe, Thomas, and Blaise, Toronto: Oxford University Press[19]ISBN 0-19-540277-4
1979: A Book of Beasts, animal verse; Ottawa: Oberon; revision of The Broken Ark, 1971[19]
1979: The Long Poem Anthology, Toronto: Coach House[19]ISBN 0-88910-177-9
1989: With Russell Banks and David Young, Brushes with Greatness: An Anthology of Chance Encounters with Greatness, Toronto: Coach House, 1989[19]
1989: Edited with Linda Spalding, The Brick Anthology, illustrated by David Bolduc, Toronto: Coach House Press[19]
1990: From Ink Lake: An Anthology of Canadian Short Stories; New York: Viking[19]ISBN 0-394-28138-1
1990: The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories; London, United Kingdom: Faber[19]
2000: Edited with Michael Redhill, Esta Spalding and Linda Spalding, Lost Classics, Toronto: Knopf Canada ISBN 0-676-97299-3; New York: Anchor, 2001
2002: Edited and wrote introduction, Mavis Gallant, Paris Stories, New York: New York Review Books[19]
Otheredit
1966: The Offering - co-producer and co-screenwriter
1970: Leonard Cohen (literary criticism), Toronto: McClelland & Stewart[19]
1973: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (play; based on his poetry; see "Poetry" section, 1970, above), produced in Stratford, Ontario; produced in New York, 1974; produced in London, England, 1984[19]
1979: Claude Glass (literary criticism), Toronto: Coach House Press[19]
1980: Coming through Slaughter (play based on his novel; see "Novels" section, 1976, above), first produced in Toronto[19]
^Aaron, Jane (2016). The compact reader. Macmillan Education. p. 63.
^ abcdThesen, Sharon. "Michael Ondaatje". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^"Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient wins prestigious Golden Man Booker Prize | CBC Books".
^ abcdefg"Michael Ondaatje." In An Anthology of Canadian Literature in English, edited by Donna Bennett and Russell Brown, 928-30. 3rd ed. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press, 2010.
^ abSteven Tötösy de Zepetnek (January 2005). Comparative Cultural Studies and Michael Ondaatje's Writing. Purdue University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-55753-378-4.
^ abcd"(Philip) Michael Ondaatje." In Gale Online Encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^ abcSchillinger, Liesl (14 October 2011), "Michael Ondaatje's Passage From Ceylon". The New York Times.
^ ab"How Michael Ondaatje and Daniel Brooks made 'Divisadero' into a play". Kate Taylor, Toronto — The Globe and Mail, 4 February 2011.
^"Man Booker prize 2018 longlist – in pictures". The Guardian. 23 July 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ abc"Michael Ondaatje". The Morning News, by Robert Birnbaum.
^"Governor General Announces 100 New Appointments to the Order of Canada as Canada Turns 150". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^"2008 Summit Highlights Photo". 2008. Poet and Hawaii resident W.S. Merwin meets novelist Michael Ondaatje at the International Achievement Summit.
^Selvadurai, Shyam (10 August 2016), "New spider species named for Michael Ondaatje". CBC Books.
^Schuessler, Jennifer (26 April 2015), "Six PEN Members Decline Gala After Award for Charlie Hebdo", The New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^"C$80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize Launched by Renowned Literary Figures: Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young", griffinpoetryprize.com, 6 September 2000.
^"The Lodger forces out a remake of a remake" Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Village Voice, 21 January 2009.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadWeb page titled "Archive: Michael Ondaatje (1943– )" at the Poetry Foundation website. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
^ abcMcCrum, Robert (28 August 2011), "Michael Ondaatje: The divided man". The Guardian.
^ abGale, Cengage Learning (2016). A Study Guide for Michael Ondaatje's "The Cinnamon Peeler". Gale, Cengage Learning. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4103-4284-3.
^Films by Michael Ondaatje Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Further readingedit
Comparative Cultural Studies and Michael Ondaatje's Writing. Ed. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2005. ISBN 1-55753-378-4
Barbour, Douglas. Michael Ondaatje. New York: Twayne, 1993. ISBN 0-8057-8290-7
Jewinski, Ed. Michael Ondaatje: Express Yourself Beautifully. Toronto: ECW, 1994. ISBN 1-55022-189-2
Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven (斯蒂文·托托西演). 文学研究的合法化: 一种新实用主义 ·整体化和经主 义文学与文化研究方法 (Legitimizing the Study of Literature: A New Pragmatism and the Systemic Approach to Literature and Culture). Trans. Ma Jui-ch'i (马瑞琪翻). Beijing: Peking University Press, 1997. 111–34. ISBN 7-301-03482-2
Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. "Cultures, Peripheralities, and Comparative Literature." in Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek (ed.). Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998. 150–65. ISBN 90-420-0534-3
External linksedit
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Jane Henderson (2 May 2016). "Ondaatje wins St. Louis Literary Award". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 22 July 2016.