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Margaret Atwood Canadian Poet, Novelist. Literary critic, essayist and environmental activist.

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1 Margaret Atwood Canadian Poet, Novelist. Literary critic, essayist and environmental activist

2 Notable works The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake, Surfacing

3 Life Born in Ottawa, Ontario. She didn’t attend formal school until she was 8 years old. She is a feminist, and often portrays female characters dominated by patriarchy in her novels. She believes that the feminist label can only be applied to writers who consciously work within the framework of the feminist movement

4 This is a photograph of me (pg. 47 of Echoes)

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