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Michael Ondaatje

1943 - Today

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Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing The Dainty Monsters, and then in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. His novel The English Patient (1992), adapted into a film in 1996 won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize.Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing" with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (ca. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ondaatje has received more than 1,271,177 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Michael Ondaatje is the 2,653rd most popular writer (down from 2,342nd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Sri Lankan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Ondaatje ranks 2,653 out of 5,755. Before him are John Cheever, Heimito von Doderer, Yury Tynyanov, Ken Robinson, Marianne Fredriksson, and Pseudo-Geber. After him are María Elena Walsh, Parvin E'tesami, Bell hooks, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Eva Mozes Kor, and Morris West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Michael Ondaatje ranks 224. Before him are Murtaz Khurtsilava, Alain Corneau, Roberto Micheletti, Shannon Lucid, Wilson da Silva Piazza, and Maceo Parker. After him are Kirin Kiki, Kazimira Prunskienė, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Laura Biagiotti, Nikolay Shmatko, and Horst-Dieter Höttges.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje ranks 13 out of 44. Before him are Jack Churchill (1906), Aryadeva (200), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), William Chester Minor (1834), and Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945). After him are St John Philby (1885), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), and M. G. Ramachandran (1917).

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Among WRITERS In Sri Lanka

Among writers born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje ranks 3. Before him are Anagarika Dharmapala (1864) and Aryadeva (200).

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