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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood b1939
Meridian Feature
18 November 1996  BBC World Service
Margaret Atwood talks to Harriet Gilbert about

   Audiothe constraints of realism, her novel Surfacing, being a self-consciously Canadian writer  3 min 30
   Audioher novel The Handmaid's Tale not being science-fiction but based on real political, historical and contemporary events  5 min 7
   Audioher novel, Cat's Eye, and bullying in girls' relationships  3 min 4
   Audiotragedy and comedy being intertwined in modern society  1 min 23

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Margaret Atwood
Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and critic
An eminent Canadian novelist and poet whose work is acclaimed by feminists, Margaret Atwood is equally concerned with encouraging a distinct Canadian literary identity.
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BBC News - Atwood's Booker Prize win


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