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For the children with their greedy little mouths represent the future, which like time itself will devour all now alive.

Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
Essayist
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Literary Critic
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
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Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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