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Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje b1943
Nightwaves
5 August 2000  Radio 3

Michael Ondaatje talks to Isobel Hilton about

   Audiothe influence of Sri Lanka  1 min 16

   Audiothe writing of Anil's Ghost and his appreciation of other craftsmen  1 min 49


Nightwaves
12 November 1998  Radio 3

Michael Ondaatje talks about

   Audiopoems about the theme of burial in his book Handwriting  0 min 56

   Audiopoems about the theme of burial in his book Handwriting  0 min 56


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Michael Ondaatje
Canadian novelist and poet

Known for his skill in combining the real and the imaginary, the surreal and the factual, Michael Ondaatje co-won the Booker Prize for The English Patient in 1992.
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