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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Example Sentences

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

Created by writer-director Anthony Minghella, the film echoes the Ondaatje book by being poetic at the core.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 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

Karunatilaka is the second Sri Lankan-born author to win the Booker Prize since it was founded in 1969, following Michael Ondaatje, whose novel “The English Patient” won in 1992.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

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

From History of Holland by Edmundson, George