Ondaatje

British  

/ ɒnˈdɑːtʃe /

noun

1. Michael. born 1943, Sri Lankan-born Canadian writer: his works include the poetry collection There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do (1979), the Booker-prizewinning novel The English Patient (1992, filmed 1997), Anil's Ghost (2000), and Divisadero (2007)

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Ondaatje, a Sri Lankan man living in Canada, makes multiculturalism and the history of exoticizing the desert key themes in “The English Patient.”

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

The new release also will include dozens of essays, with novelist Michael Ondaatje, critic Greil Marcus and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo among the contributors.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023

He is the second second Sri Lankan-born author to win the Booker Prize following Michael Ondaatje in 1992, for The English Patient.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022

The finalists for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced, with Michelle Obama, Susan Orlean, Michael Ondaatje and Terrance Hayes among the nominees for the annual literary awards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2019

The "patriots" found an eloquent leader in the person of a young student named Ondaatje.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson