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MARGARET ATWOOD

Born: 18 November, 1939. Ottawa, Ontario.                                             
                                                                                     
Education: Victoria College, University of Toronto, B.A., 1961; Radcliffe             
College, Cambridge, Mass., A.M., 1962; Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.,         
1962-63, 1965-67.                                                                     
                                                                                     
Places of Residence: Ottawa, 1939-45; Sault Ste. Marie, 1945; Toronto, 1946-61;       
Boston, Mass., 1961-63; Toronto, 1963-64; Vancouver, 1964-65; Boston, Mass.1965-67;   
Montreal, 1967-68; Edmonton, 1968- 70; England (London), France, Italy, 1970-71;     
Toronto, 1971-73; Alliston, Ontario, 1973-80; Toronto, 1980-83; England, Germany,     
1983-84; Alabama, 1985; Toronto, 1986-91; France, 1992; Toronto, 1992-present         
                                                                                     
Employment: Lecturer in English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1964-65; 
Instructor in English, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1967-68;             
University of Alberta, 1969-70; Assistant Professor of English, York University,     
Toronto, 1971-72; Writer-In-Residence, University of Toronto, 1972-73; M.F.A.         
Honorary Chair, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1985; Berg Chair,         
New York University, 1986; Writer-In- Residence, Macquarie Univ., Australia,         
1987; Writer-In-Residence, Trinity Univ., San Antonio, Texas, 1989.                   
                                                                                     
Associations: Margaret Atwood was President of the Writers' Union of Canada from     
May, 1981 to May, 1982, and was President of International P.E.N., Canadian           
Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986.