On November 13, 2017, the Mahindra Center for the Humanities and the Canada Program cosponsored Writers Speak: Michael Ondaatje in Conversation with Claire Messud at Memorial Church. The event consisted of select readings from his book, a conversation with Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and author Claire Messud, and a book signing. Ondaatje is the author of five novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. His novel The English Patient won the Man Booker Prize, and his fourth novel, Anil’s Ghost , won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Giller Prize, and the Prix Médicis.
Clare Messud (left) and Michael Ondaatje (right) in conversation after the reading. Photo credit: Martha Stewart
