Margaret Atwood

Born 1939 · Canadian novelist and poet

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet and critic whose fiction explores power, gender and the stories people tell about themselves. Her novels include The Handmaid’s Tale, The Robber Bride and the Booker Prize-winning The Blind Assassin.

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“Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it”

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“War is what happens when language fails”

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“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them”

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