International Authors' Stage: Margaret Atwood (CA)
Award-winning author Margaret Atwood is one of the most significant and influential writers alive today, particularly within genres such as dystopian and speculative fiction.
With biting satire and colourful imagination, she has written about equality, the climate crisis and a democracy in danger in novels that have become films, series and pop culture phenomena. Now she can be experienced in The Black Diamond.
World-renowned criticism of power
With books such as "Alias Grace", the "Oryx and Crake" series and "The Handmaid's Tale", Atwood has challenged her readers' views on power, climate, gender, racism, religious fundamentalism and much, much more.
Especially "The Handmaid's Tale", which was adapted by HBO for the popular TV series The Handmaid's Tale, ended up establishing the general validity of Atwood's works. The series and the narrative are seen by many as a commentary on American politics under Donald Trump, although it was originally written as a critique of Reagan-era conservatism and women's views.
For more than 60 years, Atwood has put topics from pressing societal debates on the agenda in literature – often in genres that otherwise remain in the niches. Now she can be experienced in conversation in The Black Diamond.
The event is livestreamed
You can watch the event from home when it is livestreamed directly from the Queen's Hall via Facebook and Youtube. It is free to follow the livestream, which can also be viewed after the event has taken place.
Participants:
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood debuted in 1961, and her works have been translated into more than 30 languages. Atwood has written 18 poetry collections, 18 short stories, 11 nonfiction books, 9 short story collections, 8 children's books, 2 graphic novels and much more. She has received many awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Franz Kafka Award, the National Book Critics Lifetime Achievement Award, and she has won the Booker Prize twice.
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