Editing Michael Ondaatje (section)

==Personal life==

Since the 1960s, Ondaatje has been a poetry editor for Toronto's [[Coach House Books]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news/featured-alumni/michael-ondaatje | title=Michael Ondaatje }}</ref>  Ondaatje and his wife, [[Linda Spalding]], a novelist and academic, co-edit ''[[Brick, A Literary Journal]]'', with [[Michael Redhill]], [[Michael Helm]], and [[Esta Spalding]].<ref name=tmn>[http://www.themorningnews.org/article/michael-ondaatje "Michael Ondaatje"]. ''The Morning News'', by Robert Birnbaum.</ref> Ondaatje served as a founding member of the board of trustees of the [[Griffin Poetry Prize|Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry]] from 2000 to 2018.<ref>[http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/c80000-griffin-poetry-prize-launched-by-renowned-literary-figures-margaret-atwood-robert-hass-michael-ondaatje-robin-robertson-and-david-young/ "C$80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize Launched by Renowned Literary Figures: Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513093308/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/c80000-griffin-poetry-prize-launched-by-renowned-literary-figures-margaret-atwood-robert-hass-michael-ondaatje-robin-robertson-and-david-young/ |date=13 May 2016 }}, ''griffinpoetryprize.com'', 6 September 2000.</ref> He established the Gratiaen Trust in [[Sri Lanka]] that annually awards the [[Gratiaen Prize]].

Ondaatje has two children with his first wife, Canadian artist [[Kim Ondaatje]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ONDAATJE, Kim |url=https://glenhyrst.ca/ondaatje-kim |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Glenhyrst |language=en-US}}</ref> His brother Sir [[Christopher Ondaatje]] is a philanthropist, businessman and author.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp14390/sir-philip-christopher-ondaatje#:~:text=Financier%2C%20writer%20and%20philanthropist%2C%20Ondaatje,career%20in%20finance%20and%20publishing. | title=Sir (Philip) Christopher Ondaatje - National Portrait Gallery }}</ref>  Ondaatje's nephew [[David Ondaatje]] is a film director and screenwriter, who made the 2009 film ''[[The Lodger (2009 film)|The Lodger]]''.<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-21/film/the-lodger-forces-out-a-remake-of-a-remake/ "The Lodger forces out a remake of a remake"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304103517/http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-21/film/the-lodger-forces-out-a-remake-of-a-remake |date=4 March 2009 }}, ''Village Voice'', 21 January 2009.</ref>