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
Joseph Fiennes in August 2009. They have two daughters. Fiennes was one of the celebrities, including Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand, E. L. James and Rachel Riley, to design and sign his own card for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The cards were auctioned off on eBay during May 2014. Joseph Fiennes Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (; born 27 May 1970) is an English film and stage actor. He is known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Screen