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NAME: Michael Ondaatje
OCCUPATION: Author, Poet
BIRTH DATE: September 12, 1943 (Age: 69)
EDUCATION: University of Toronto, Queen's University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Full Name: Philip Michael Ondaatje
ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo

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Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian novelist and poet whose best known work is the Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient.

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Michael Ondaatje was born on September 12, 1943 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and immigrated to Montreal, Canada when he was 19. He published well-regarded poetry collections, including The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and several critically-lauded novels including, The English Patient which was cowinner of the Booker Prize in 1992 and was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.

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