Directing · Novel · Writer · Director
Born Oct 12, 1943 · Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Active 1970–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Companion of the Order of Canada, Prix Médicis étranger, Nelly Sachs Prize, Booker Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Giller Prize, Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943), OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin.