Michael Ondaatje
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 | 8 p.m.
Payne Room, The Tang Museum
Michael Ondaatje is one of the world鈥檚 leading writers. Born in Sri Lanka, long resident in Toronto, he is the author of seven novels, a memoir (Running In The Family) and several books of poetry. His novel, The English Patient, won the 1993 Booker Prize and in 2018 was awarded 鈥淭he Golden Man Booker鈥� as the best book ever awarded a Booker Prize in the fifty years of the award. The novel was made into a 1996 feature film that won eleven academy awards including 鈥淏est Picture.鈥� Ondaatje鈥檚 novel, Anil鈥檚 Ghost, won the Prix Medicis 鈥淏est Novel Award鈥� in France, the Irish International Fiction Prize and the Giller Prize. His new novel, Warlight, appeared on the summer 2018 鈥渞ecommended鈥� reading list by former President Obama in The Washington Post this past summer.
Michael Ondaatje will speak about his work, read an excerpt from his novel Warlight and respond to audience questions.