English 2060E Lecture Notes - Michael Ondaatje, Barrie Phillip Nichol, John Diefenbaker
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Ondaatje was born in ceylon (now sri lanka) and educated in england before coming to. Canada at the age of 20 to pursue post-secondary education at bishop"s, u of t, and. Queen"s, from which he obtained an ma in 1967. He later taught creative writing at both the university of western ontario and now york university"s glendon campus. His fascination with film and alternative media in addition to poetry are evident in the. Collected works of billy the kid, for which he won a governor general"s award in 1970, alongside bp nichol for his the true eventual story of billy the kid. Ondaatje began his biographical film, sons of captain poetry, about nichol in that same year (a film i would like you to view, by the way!) See the internet links for canadian film-maker, don mckellar"s interpretation of. Elimination dance for more of ondaaje"s genre-bending irreverence.
