Michael Ondaatje: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Philip Michael Ondaatje
Born	September 12, 1943 (age 83) • Colombo • Sri Lanka
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (1992)
Notable Works	“Anil’s Ghost” • “Coming Through Slaughter” • “Divisadero” • “Handwriting: Poems” • “In the Skin of a Lion” • “Running in the Family” • “Secular Love” • “The Cat’s Table” • “The Cinnamon Peeler” • “The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems” • “The Dainty Monsters” • “The English Patient”