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John Ruskin

2023-12-15T10:27:19Z

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8 February 1819-20 January 1900. Influential art critic.

== Private Life ==
Ruskin was the only child of John James Ruskin and Margaret Cox. Due to his father who tutored him, he came in contact with art at a very young age. Together with his family, he travelled to several European countries, such as the Switzerland, Italy and France and therefore came in contact with foreign cultures very early as well.

Between 1837 and 1842, Ruskin studied at Christ Church College, Oxford and during this time, in 1840, Adèle Domecq, the woman he loved, married another man. This marriage caused him a mental breakdown, which is why he travelled to Italy where he came in touch with paintings and architecture. In 1848, Ruskin married a second time, Euphemia “Effie” Chalmers Gray, but after six years she annulled the unhappy marriage in 1856. Throughout the years, Ruskin suffered from mental breakdowns, one after Rose La Touche, an ill girl he knew since she was young and who he proposed to several times, died in 1875. He started using séances to speak to her again.
The last ten years before his death were characterised by mental decline. Ruskin spent his time at his estate, Brantwood, on Lake Coniston. After catching the flu, he died 20 January 1900 in Brantwood, Lancashire.

== Career ==
1843, shortly after he had graduated from Oxford, Ruskin published his first art book: ''Modern Painters: their Superiority in the Art of Landscape Painting to the Ancient Masters''. In total, five volumes were published by 1860, all initially under the pseudonym “a Graduate of Oxford”. Within the next few years, he visited France and Italy and got inspired by several authors and architecture. Resulting from that, he published ''The Seven Lamps of Architecture'' in 1846, the first book he published under his name, and ''The Stones of Venice'' (1851-1853), which consists of three volumes. 1853, Ruskin held lectures on architecture and painting in Edinburgh. During the next years, he published volume 3 and 5 of ''Modern Painters'' and supported the painter [[William Turner]] and members of the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]] like [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and [[Edward Burne-Jones]]. In 1866, he held the lecture on The Relation of National Ethics to National Arts at Cambridge University. Between 1869 and 1879, and 1883 and 1884, he became Slade Professor of Art at Oxford University.
During his last years which he spent in Brantwood, he worked on the unreliable autobiography ''Praeterita'', which he never finished.
John Ruskin is regarded as a representative of interdisciplinary thinking, as his knowledge covered the fields of politics, botany, geology, poetry, museology, architecture, art and history.

== Works Cited ==
“John Ruskin.” arthistoricum. https://www.arthistoricum.net/themen/portale/gkg/quellen/ruskin. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
„John Ruskin.“ Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/118604279. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
“Ruskin, John.” ''Dictionary of Art Historians''. https://arthistorians.info/art-historian/ruskinj/. Accessed 14 December 2023.

John Ruskin

2023-12-15T09:15:06Z

Bovary:

8 February 1819-20 January 1900. Influential art critic.

== Private Life ==
Ruskin was the only child of John James Ruskin and Margaret Cox. Due to his father who tutored him, he came in contact with art at a very young age. Together with his family, he travelled to several European countries, such as the Switzerland, Italy and France and therefore came in contact with foreign cultures very early as well.

Between 1837 and 1842, Ruskin studied at Christ Church College, Oxford and during this time, in 1840, he married Adèle Domecq. This marriage caused him a mental breakdown, which is why he travelled to Italy where he came in touch with paintings and architecture. In 1848, Ruskin married a second time [what happened to his first wife? divorce? murder?], Euphemia “Effie” Chalmers Gray, but after six years she annulled the unhappy marriage in 1856. Throughout the years, Ruskin suffered from mental breakdowns, one after Rose La Touche, an ill girl he knew since she was young and who he proposed to several times, died in 1875. He started using séances to speak to her again.
The last ten years before his death were characterised by mental decline. Ruskin spent his time at his estate, Brantwood, on Lake Coniston. After catching the flu, he died 20 January 1900 in Brantwood, Lancashire.

== Career ==
1843, shortly after he had graduated from Oxford, Ruskin published his first art book: ''Modern Painters: their Superiority in the Art of Landscape Painting to the Ancient Masters''. In total, five volumes were published by 1860, all initially under the pseudonym “a Graduate of Oxford”. Within the next few years, he visited France and Italy and got inspired by several authors and architecture. Resulting from that, he published ''The Seven Lamps of Architecture'' in 1846, the first book he published under his name, and ''The Stones of Venice'' (1851-1853), which consists of three volumes. 1853, Ruskin held lectures on architecture and painting in Edinburgh. During the next years, he published volume 3 and 5 of ''Modern Painters'' and supported the painter [[William Turner]] and members of the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]] like [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and [[Edward Burne-Jones]]. In 1866, he held the lecture on The Relation of National Ethics to National Arts at Cambridge University. Between 1869 and 1879, and 1883 and 1884, he became Slade Professor of Art at Oxford University.
During his last years which he spent in Brantwood, he worked on the unreliable autobiography ''Praeterita'', which he never finished.
John Ruskin is regarded as a representative of interdisciplinary thinking, as his knowledge covered the fields of politics, botany, geology, poetry, museology, architecture, art and history.

== Works Cited ==
“John Ruskin.” arthistoricum. https://www.arthistoricum.net/themen/portale/gkg/quellen/ruskin. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
„John Ruskin.“ Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/118604279. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
“Ruskin, John.” ''Dictionary of Art Historians''. https://arthistorians.info/art-historian/ruskinj/. Accessed 14 December 2023.

John Ruskin

2023-12-14T14:06:08Z

Bovary:

'''John Ruskin''', born 8 February 1819 as the only child of John James Ruskin and Margaret Cox in London, England, was an was an art critic of the 19th century, who influenced historians, artists and architects of his generation.

== Private Life ==
Ruskin came, due to his father who tutored him, in contract with art at a very young age. Together with his family, he travelled to several European countries, such as the Switzerland, Italy and France and therefore came in contact with foreign cultures very early. Between 1837-1842, Ruskin studied at Christ Church College, Oxford and during this time, in 1840, he married Adèle Domecq. This marriage caused him a mental breakdown, which is why he travelled to Italy where he came in touch with paintings and architecture. In 1848, Ruskin married a second time, Euphemia “Effie” Chalmers Gray, but after six years she annulled the unhappy marriage in 1856. Throughout the years, Ruskin suffered from mental breakdowns, one after Rose La Touche, an ill girl he know since she was a young girls and who he proposed to several times, died in 1875. He started using séances to speak to her again.
The last ten years before his death were characterised by mental decline. Ruskin spend his time at his estate, Brantwood, on Lake Coniston. After catching the flu, he died 20 January 1900 in Brantwood, Lancashire.

== Career ==
1843, shortly after he graduated from Oxford, Ruskin published his first art book: Modern Painters: their Superiority in the Art of Landscape Painting to the Ancient Masters. In total, 5 volumes were published by 1860, all initially under the pseudonym “a Graduate of Oxford”. Within the next few years, he visits France and Italy and got inspired by several authors and architecture. Resulting from that, he published The Seven Lamps of Architecture in 1846, the first book he published under his name, and The Stones of Venice (1851-1853), which consists of three volumes. 1853, Ruskin hold lectures on architecture and painting in Edinburgh. During the next years, he published volume 3 and 5 of Modern Painters, supports the painter William Turner and members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, just as Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. In 1866, he hold the lecture on The Relation of National Ethics to National Arts at Cambridge University. Between 1869 and 1879, and 1883 and 1884, he got the post of Slade Professor of Art at Oxford University.
During his last years which he spent in Brantwood, he worked on the unreliable autobiography Praeterita, which he never finished.
John Ruskin is regarded as a representative of interdisciplinary thinking, as his knowledge covered the fields of politics, botany, geology, poetry, museology, architecture, art and history.

== Works Cited ==
“John Ruskin.” arthistoricum. https://www.arthistoricum.net/themen/portale/gkg/quellen/ruskin. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
„John Ruskin.“ Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/118604279. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
“Ruskin, John.” Dictionary of Art Historians. https://arthistorians.info/art-historian/ruskinj/. Accessed 14 December 2023.

John Ruskin

2023-12-14T13:30:45Z

Bovary:

'''John Ruskin''', born 8 February 1819 as the only child of John James Ruskin and Margaret Cox in London, England, was an influential art critic of the 19th century.

== Private Life ==
Ruskin came, due to his father who tutored him, in contract with art at a very young age. Together with his family, he travelled to several European countries, such as the Switzerland, Italy and France and therefore came in contact with foreign cultures very early. Between 1837-1842, Ruskin studied at Christ Church College, Oxford and during this time, in 1840, he married Adèle Domecq. This marriage caused him a mental breakdown, which is why he travelled to Italy where he came in touch with paintings and architecture. In 1848, Ruskin married a second time, Euphemia “Effie” Chalmers Gray, but after six years she annulled the unhappy marriage in 1856. Throughout the years, Ruskin suffered from mental breakdowns, one after Rose La Touche, an ill girl he know since she was a young girls and who he proposed to several times, died in 1875. He started using séances to speak to her again.
The last ten years before his death were characterised by mental decline. Ruskin spend his time at his estate, Brantwood, on Lake Coniston. After catching the flu, he died 20 January 1900 in Brantwood, Lancashire.

== Career ==

= Works Cited ==
“John Ruskin.” arthistoricum. https://www.arthistoricum.net/themen/portale/gkg/quellen/ruskin. Accessed 14 December 2023. 
“Ruskin, John.” Dictionary of Art Historians. https://arthistorians.info/art-historian/ruskinj/. Accessed 14 December 2023.

John Ruskin

2023-12-14T13:19:04Z

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1819-1900. English critic of art, architecture and society. Author of ''The Stones of Venice'' (1851-1853).

== Private Life ==
Ruskin came, due to his father who tutored him, in contract with art at a very young age. Together with his family, he travelled to several European countries, such as the Switzerland, Italy and France and therefore came in contact with foreign cultures very early. Between 1837-1842, Ruskin studied at Christ Church College, Oxford and during this time, in 1840, he married Adèle Domecq. This marriage caused him a mental breakdown, which is why he travelled to Italy where he came in touch with paintings and architecture. In 1848, Ruskin married a second time, Euphemia “Effie” Chalmers Gray, but after six years she annulled the unhappy marriage in 1856. Throughout the years, Ruskin suffered from mental breakdowns, one after Rose La Touche, an ill girl he know since she was a young girls and who he proposed to several times, died in 1875. He started using séances to speak to her again.
The last ten years before his death were characterised by mental decline. Ruskin spend his time at his estate, Brantwood, on Lake Coniston. After catching the flu, he died 20 January 1900 in Brantwood, Lancashire.

== Career ==

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-12T13:32:32Z

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18 November 1939 (Ottawa). Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books of various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

== Early life and education ==
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, whom she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moved in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

== Career ==
Atwood started writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published ''Double Persephone'', a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, ''The Circle Games'' which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel ''The Handmaid's Tale'', which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

=== Works Cited ===
"Biography." ''Margaret Atwood'', 2013-2022. https://margaretatwood.ca. Accessed December 7 2023. 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. ''Margaret Atwood''. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. ''Margaret Atwood''. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-08T13:23:45Z

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'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books of various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

== Early life and education ==
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, whom she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

== Career ==
Atwood started writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel [[The Handmaid's Tale]], which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

=== Works Cited ===
"Biography." ''Margaret Atwood'', 2013-2022. https://margaretatwood.ca. Accessed December 7 2023. 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. ''Margaret Atwood''. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. ''Margaret Atwood''. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T14:32:54Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books of various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

== Early life and education ==
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, whom she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

== Career ==
Atwood started writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel [[The Handmaid's Tale]], which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

=== Works Cited ===
"Biography." ''Margaret Atwood'', 2013-2022. https://margaretatwood.ca. Accessed December 7 2023. 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T14:25:07Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books of various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''<big>Early life and education</big>''' 
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, whom she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

'''<big>Career</big>''' 
Atwood started writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel [[The Handmaid's Tale]], which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited: 
"Biography." ''Margaret Atwood'', 2013-2022. https://margaretatwood.ca. Accessed December 7 2023. 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T13:08:58Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books of various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''<big>Early life and education</big>''' 
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, whom she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

'''<big>Career</big>''' 
Atwood started writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel The Handmaid's Tale, which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited: 
"Biography." ''Margaret Atwood'', 2013-2022. https://margaretatwood.ca. Accessed December 7 2023. 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T10:36:46Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books in various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''<big>Early life and education</big>''' 
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, who she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

'''<big>Career</big>''' 
Atwood started of writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel The Handmaid's Tale, which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited: 
"Biography." ''Margaret Atwood'', 2013-2022. https://margaretatwood.ca. Accessed December 7 2023. 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T10:29:28Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books in various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''<big>Early life and education</big>''' 
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, who she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

'''<big>Career</big>''' 
Atwood started of writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel The Handmaid's Tale, which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited: 
Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T10:27:38Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books in various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''<big>Life and Work</big>''' 
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, who she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

Atwood started of writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel The Handmaid's Tale, which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited: 

Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T10:26:43Z

Bovary:

'''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', born November 18 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books in various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''Life and Work''' 

Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, who she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

Atwood started of writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel The Handmaid's Tale, which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited: 

Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987 
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

2023-12-07T10:25:16Z

Bovary:

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, born November 18 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books in various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories.

'''Life and Work'''
Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on a job at the University of Toronto. Later, Atwood moved to the USA and Europe and finally came back to Toronto in 1992, where she currently lives. Atwood studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with honors in English language and literature in 1961 and later earned her master's degree in English literature at Radcliffe College, Cambridge in 1962. There she met her first husband James Polk, who she married in 1966. After finishing college, Atwood worked at several universities in Canada, the USA and Australia. In 1973, she and James Polk got divorced and Atwood moves in with Graeme Gibson. In 1976, she gave birth to their daughter Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson.

Atwood started of writing at the age of five years, she wrote for the literary magazine Clan Call while attending the Leaside High School in Toronto and continued working for magazines during her time at Victoria College. In 1961, Atwood published Double Persephone, a poetry collection which was awarded with the E.J. Pratt Award for Poetry. In 1966, she published the next collection, The Circle Games which was again awarded, just as many of her later works.

Her works show her great interest interest in political and feminist topics, as her prizewinning novel The Handmaid's Tale, which later became a TV series, demonstrates. It shows forms of dictatorship, tyranny, torture and the reality of violence.

Works Cited:
Rigney, Barbara Hill. Margaret Atwood. London, 1987
Rosenberg, Jerome H. Margaret Atwood. Boston, 1984.

Margaret Atwood

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Bovary: Created page with "Margaret Eleanor Atwood, born November 18 1939 in Ottawa, is a Canadian prizewinning author. Her publications include over 50 books in various genres such as fiction and graphic novels as well as various poems and short stories. Life Margaret Atwood was born as the second of three children of Carl Edmund Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood. The family spent the first years of her childhood in Ottawa and moved to Toronto in 1946, after her father, an entomologist, took on..."