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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian novelist, poet, essayist, and environmental activist, best known for her dystopian novel *The Handmaid's Tale* (1985), which explores themes of feminism, authoritarianism, and women's rights. Born in Ottawa in 1939, she grew up in northern Ontario and Quebec, studied at the University of Toronto and Radcliffe College, and has authored over fifty books including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her works have earned her numerous awards, such as two Booker Prizes for *The Blind Assassin* (2000) and *The Testaments* (2019), and have been widely adapted for film and television.

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