The English Patient Madhumalati Adhikari has critiqued the treatment of World War II and its effects on the characters of the novel. The novel won the 1992 Booker Prize, athe 1992 Governor General's Award, and the 2018 Golden Man Booker award. The book was adapted into a 1996 film by Anthony Minghella, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth, and Juliette Binoche. The film received nine Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Director—at the 69th Academy Awards. The English Patient The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian
Ralph Fiennes Half-Blood Prince", and both "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" and "Part 2". Fiennes' 2006 performance in the play "Faith Healer" gained him a nomination for a 2007 Tony Award. In 2008, Fiennes worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London. In 2008, he played the Duke of Devonshire in the film "The Duchess"; he also played the protagonist in "The Reader," adapted from the novel of the same name. In February 2009, Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade's Film