Michael Ondaatje
Birthday: 1943-10-12
Place of Birth: Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943), OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Ondaatje, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
"Michael Ondaatje called Gwendolyn MacEwen 'the last of the bardic poets'. In the early 60s, she ast...
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Poetry in Motion
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the fi...
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentar...
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Al Purdy Was Here
The story of Canada's leading poet and the A-Frame cabin he built. Now Canada's leading musicians an...
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Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage
An overview of the life and career of Canadian folk musician Bruce Cockburn....
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Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A you...
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Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant
Paris Stories explores the force of fiction for a woman who left Canada and her "good job for a girl...
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