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Micheal ondaalje
 Philip Michal ondaalje
 Sep 12, 1943,

Works:
 In the skin of the lion (1987)
 Anil’s Ghost (2000)

Margaret Atwood
 Margaret Eleanor Atwood
 Canadian writer known for her prose.
Works:

 The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)


o The futuristic dystopian tale
 Alias Grace (1996)

Yann Martel
 25th June 1963, in salamance, Spain
Works:

 Life of pie 2001


o About Indian boy stuck in the sea with tiger in a boat
o Orange color- courage, hope and inspiration

Alice Munro
 Alice Ann Laidlow
 Canadian short stories
 Well, known for beautifully illustrated stories.
 2013- Nobel prize for literature
 From Swedish academy- calls “Master of the contemporary short story”
Works:

 Dear life (2012)


 Runaway (2004)

Lawerence Hill
 24, Jan, 1957. New Market
 Essay and memoir
Works:

 Black berry, sweet juice: On being black and white in Canada (2001)
Novels

 The Book of Negroes (2007)


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 Someone Known my name. (2007)

Rohinton Mistry
 Indian born Canadian.
 3rd July 1952, Mumbai
 Numerous Honors
o Neustadt internation prize for literature
 The 1st 3 books are shortlisted.
Works:

 A Fine Balance (1995)


Margarat Lawerence

 18 July 1926, Neepawa Fire dwellers (1969)- Margarat


Lawrence
 Novelist and short story writer
 Key figure in Canadian writer Swamp Dwellers (1958)- Wole
 Writers Trust of Canada Soyinka
o A nonprofit lit group that supports Canadian writer

Works:

 The stone Angel (1964)


 The Diviners (1974)

Gabrielle Roy
 22 march, 1909, saint Boniface
 Died in 13th July 1983, Quebec.
 French Canadian novelist
 Unprivileged people
Works:

 The tin flute (1945)


o 1st novel

Shyam Selvadurai
 Sri Lanka Canada
 Colombo, 12 feb 1965
 Lambda literary award for gay fiction,
 Books in Canada first novel award.
Work:

 Funny

Maria Cambell
 Author, broadcaster, dramatist, director
 Lang: Cree, Michif, western Ojibwa, English
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Works:

 Half Breed (1973)


o Memoir

Sinclair Ross
 22 Jan 1908, in Shellbrook
 29Feb
Works

 As for me and my house (1941)

Thomas King
 Pseudonym- Heartly good weather
 Novelist, short story writer, essayist, screen writer, photographer.
 California, 24, 1943
Works:

 Green Grass Running Water (1993)


 The inconvenient Indian (2012)
o Account of native people in North America.

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