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Margaret Atwood to be honored at 2018 Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto
Margaret Atwood will receive the Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute for “her commitments to the growth of the Canadian media industry.” The awards will be held March 11, 2018 in Toronto. For more information and other Canadians expected to receive awards that day, see the announcement or this article in Global News. The Academy of Canadian […]
Atwood wins PEN lifetime achievement award
The 2017 PEN Center USA Literary Awards Festival hosted by the hilarious Nick Offerman recently took place in Los Angeles. At the event, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Margaret Atwood, saying, “When Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic a hundred years ago, she said ‘No […]
Atwood receives Franz Kafka International Prize 2017
Margaret Atwood was presented with the Franz Kafka International Prize of 2017. On October 17 at the Old Town Hall in Prague, Atwood received the award, although she was chosen by the international jury in May. See this press release for more information and for a list of past recipients. Atwood’s interview with Ian Willoughby for […]
Margaret Atwood presented with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
At the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair, Margaret Atwood was presented with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for her body of work. “Recognized for her bleak worldview that captures contemporary issues with poignancy,” the accompanying link explains, she “spoke at the Paulskirche about the importance of writing in a historically significant age.” The […]
Trailer for Netflix adaptation of Alias Grace dropped
The buzz is growing over Alias Grace, and we can’t wait. The miniseries adapts Atwood’s book about Grace Marks, a Canadian maid who is accused and convicted of murdering her employers in 1843. See the official trailer on Entertainment Weekly.
Atwood wins National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award!
Congratulations, to Margaret Atwood, winner of a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Critics Circle!
Atwood has won PEN Pinter Free-Speech Prize
Margaret Atwood has won the PEN Pinter Free-Speech prize for her work championing environmental causes.The award was established in 2009 in honor of Harold Pinter.
Atwood among literary luminaries honored by New York Public Library
See this article in Wall Street Journal about the Library Lions gala event.
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