Whish 1996 multi Oscar winning film was based on a novel by Michael Ondaatje?
Michael Ondaatje successful novel "The English Patient" (1992), which was adapted into a film in 1996. In 2018, Ondaatje won the Golden Man Booker Prize for "The English Patient". In addition to his literary writing, Ondaatje has been an important force in "fostering new Canadian writing" with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (around 1970-90), and his editorial credits on Canadian literary projects like the journal "Brick", and the "Long Poem Anthology" (1979), among others. Ondaatje was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, in 1943; he is of Dutch, Sinhalese, and Tamil ancestry. His parents separated when he was
Michael Ondaatje two children with his first wife, Canadian artist Kim Ondaatje. His brother Christopher Ondaatje is a philanthropist, businessman and author. Ondaatje's nephew David Ondaatje is a film director and screenwriter, who made the 2009 film "The Lodger". Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje, (; born 12 September 1943), is a Sri Lanka-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller Prize, the Booker Prize, and the Prix Médicis étranger. Ondaatje is also an Officer of the Order of Canada, recognizing him as one of