An Analysis of Margaret Atwood Winner of the "Governor General" Award and the "Book Award" is author and poet Margaret Atwood. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author and poet who grew up and lived in Canada. He wrote many poems to protest against different ideas. However it usually focuses on two main topics “Humanity vs. Nature” and “Death is certain” (Spark notes, Poetry by Margaret Atwood). She also has different points of view, is a feminist and nationalist with ecological concerns. Growing up in Canada, Margaret Atwood learned a lot from both her parents, she developed a great poetic vision, writing many great poems such as "The Moment". Margaret Atwood had a very interesting childhood where she grew up in two different places and learned a lot from both her parents (about.com, Margret Atwood). Margaret Atwood lived in the wilderness of Ontario, Canada until she was 11 (about.com, Margret Atwood). She then moved to Toronto where she attended Radiclffe Collage and the University of Toronto (Bio. True Story Margret Atwood). After this education, he received his postgraduate degree from Harvard, USA. However, her writing career had taken off long before her collage education. Margaret Atwood began writing at the age of just 6 and decided to pursue a career as a writer when she was 16 (about.com Margaret Atwood). As a result she became a very successful writer. He won the "Governor General" award for his poetry collection "The Circle Game" and the "Book Prize" in 2000 (Bio. True Story Margaret Atwood). However, winning these awards was no easy task. He has a unique vision in his poems that ties a lot to his childhood and his parents....... middle of paper... ink of ourselves as human beings, when in reality it is nature that owns us. In fact, this shows that it is the writer who creates the poetry and not vice versa. Thanks to her very interesting childhood, Margaret Atwood not only learned a lot from both her parents, but also from her own experiences. All this came together to shape his poetic vision which was translated into many great poems such as "The Moment". Margaret Atwood is a major Canadian poet with some nationalist views and ecological concerns. Not to mention her feminist views too. This all stems from his childhood which formed a rather unique poetic vision and many great poems. From this we can see that the poet developed poetry and not vice versa. Without all his life experiences and social upbringing, his poetry would not have been the same.