Ed Jewinski

Peter Hinchcliffe

Essays and Stories : Proceedings of the Conference on Magic Realist Writing in Canada, University of Waterloo/Wilfrid Laurier University, May 1985

Magic Realism and Canadian Literature

This illustrated biography offers a fascinating close-up of the life and work of an extremely private artist. Michael Ondaatje's life is as intense- and at times as dramatic- as his poetry and fiction, a series of intense moments followed by ruptures and dislocations. "Express Yourself Beautifully" covers Ondaatje's early years in Canada, his university years, his two marriages, and the evolution of his professional life, from the early 1960s to his winning of the Booker Prize for The English Patient in 1992.

Express Yourself Beautifully

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje's life is as intense—and at times as dramatic—as his poetry and fiction. His writing is usually inspired by a single persistent image or vision—and no wonder, for as Ed Jewinski's biography reveals, much of Ondaatje's life has been a series of intense moments followed by ruptures and dislocations. This illustrated biography links Ondaatje's relationships with his family to the later mature works, such as Running in the Family and The English Patient (for which he won the Booker Prize).

Ed Jewinski

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