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Margaret Atwood
667 books89.8k followersMargaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood's dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth in the Massey series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood's work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.
Margaret Atwood currently lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
Associations: Margaret Atwood was President of the Writers' Union of Canada from May 1981 to May 1982, and was President of International P.E.N., Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986. She and Graeme Gibson are the Joint Honourary Presidents of the Rare Bird Society within BirdLife International. Ms. Atwood is also a current Vice-President of PEN International.
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood's dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth in the Massey series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood's work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.
Margaret Atwood currently lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
Associations: Margaret Atwood was President of the Writers' Union of Canada from May 1981 to May 1982, and was President of International P.E.N., Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986. She and Graeme Gibson are the Joint Honourary Presidents of the Rare Bird Society within BirdLife International. Ms. Atwood is also a current Vice-President of PEN International.
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November 11, 2019
"Giochi di specchi"/"Tricks with Mirrors" is an absolute delight to feel, regard and read. The paper is top quality. The colour plates of Luigi Otani's water-colours are absolutely. Finally, the collected poems cover essentially the entire poetic corpus in that Atwood has released only one collection of poems since the publication of "Giochi di specchi"/"Tricks with Mirrors".
As the only available collection of Atwood poems translated into Italian, "Giochi di specchi"/"Tricks with Mirrors" would seem to have a special appeal to Italians. However, as the English versions are included and the selection is truly first rate, the work would appeal just as well to a native English speaker. Ultimately, Torontonians are probably the ones who would enjoy the volume most. The reason is that the author of the Introduction and most of the other commentators are Hogtown residents whose words generally are aimed at Atwood's fans living south of Lawrence Avenue.
What struck me on a personal level was the lack of humour in Atwood's poetry. As a novelist she demonstrates enormous comic talent at times even spoofing the very positions that she is promoting. As a poet she is rigorously bleak and despairing never acknowledging the funny side of anything that she espouses. In "Giochi di specchi"/"Tricks with Mirrors" she expects nothing good from either men or God.
Despite my reserves, this book was a joy. Five stars. Divertiti !!
As the only available collection of Atwood poems translated into Italian, "Giochi di specchi"/"Tricks with Mirrors" would seem to have a special appeal to Italians. However, as the English versions are included and the selection is truly first rate, the work would appeal just as well to a native English speaker. Ultimately, Torontonians are probably the ones who would enjoy the volume most. The reason is that the author of the Introduction and most of the other commentators are Hogtown residents whose words generally are aimed at Atwood's fans living south of Lawrence Avenue.
What struck me on a personal level was the lack of humour in Atwood's poetry. As a novelist she demonstrates enormous comic talent at times even spoofing the very positions that she is promoting. As a poet she is rigorously bleak and despairing never acknowledging the funny side of anything that she espouses. In "Giochi di specchi"/"Tricks with Mirrors" she expects nothing good from either men or God.
Despite my reserves, this book was a joy. Five stars. Divertiti !!
January 22, 2023
I heard about this book watching Mina Le’s youtube video on toxic femininity in which she talks about how the rise of self-aware women on the internet who aren’t afraid to be in their “fleabag era” or to be seen as imperfect speaks to the feminist movement. Women are expected to be industrious, compassionate, generous, and selfless all while looking good and expecting nothing in return. The toxic femininity movement or my favorite iteration of it, “feral girl summer,” is a pushback on the unrealistic, unsustainable standards put on women and allows them to be human beings free to express the large array of emotions, including the negative (which are often deemed exaggerated and unstable by our society as justification to not taking women seriously).
Trick Mirror is an amazing read it gave me lot to think about in terms of contemporary feminism, my own values, and my identity. Each essay provided me with a deeper perspective on internalized misogyny in our society and how the patriarchy can capitalize on the very existence of women alone. Tolentino has an incredibly entertaining writing style and I would recommend this book to anyone seeking valuable insight on how the current patriarchal system affects the way women view themselves as well as how they are programmed to view other women.
Trick Mirror is an amazing read it gave me lot to think about in terms of contemporary feminism, my own values, and my identity. Each essay provided me with a deeper perspective on internalized misogyny in our society and how the patriarchy can capitalize on the very existence of women alone. Tolentino has an incredibly entertaining writing style and I would recommend this book to anyone seeking valuable insight on how the current patriarchal system affects the way women view themselves as well as how they are programmed to view other women.
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