Margaret Atwood

Awards & Honours

• 1966Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama
• 1977Toronto Book Awards
• 1981Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1981Companion of the Order of Canada
• 1981Molson Prize
• 1985Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
• 1986Los Angeles Times Book Prize
• 1987Humanist of the Year
• 1987Arthur C. Clarke Award
• 1988Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1990Order of Ontario
• 1990Harvard Centennial Medal
• 1991Trillium Book Award
• 1993Trillium Book Award
• 1995Trillium Book Award
• 1996Giller Prize
• 1997Mondello Prize
• 1999Helmerich Award
• 2000Booker Prize
• 2001Hammett Prize
• 2001Canada's Walk of Fame
• 2004honorary doctor of Harvard University
• 2005honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
• 2008Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
• 2009Nelly Sachs Prize
• 2009Giller Prize
• 2010Dan David Prize
• 2010Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• 2012Los Angeles Times Book Prize
• 2016Golden Wreath
• 2016Tähtivaeltaja Award
• 2016PEN Pinter Prize
• 2016Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2017Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
• 2017Franz Kafka Prize
• 2017St. Louis Literary Award
• 2017Aurora Award for Best Graphic Novel
• 2017Raymond Chandler Award
• 2018Lorne Pierce Medal
• 2018Carl Sandburg Literary Award
• 2019Booker Prize
• 2019Companion of Honour
• 2019VH1 Trailblazer Honors
• 2021Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
• honorary doctorate of Concordia University
• honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal
• Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence