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.Weatherhead Center Director Michèle Lamont (left), Clare Messud (center), Michael Ondaatje (right) before the event. Photo credit: Martha Stewart
