Visons Of An Island

"Visions of an Island" is an autobiographical account of Sir Christopher Ondaatje' romance with Sri Lanka drawing on several of his books.

Sir Christopher is writer in residence from 28 March till 14 April 2011, he was born in Ceylon, educated in London and immigrated to Canada in 1956. He has worked at several magazines and newspapers, and in 1967 founded the Pagurian Press, which eventually became the enormously successful Pagurian Corporation. In 1988 he sold all his business interests and returned to the literary world.

He is the author of seven books including the best-selling Burton biographies "Sindh Revisited" and "Journey to the Source of the Nile". He was a member of Canada's 1964 Olympic bobsled team, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. He lives in London, England.

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[donmangalj1]

are u related to michael ondaatje?

[MacquarieUniversity]

@donmangalj1 Sir Christopher was writer in residence at Macquarie University in April 2011.

[Aththadha]

@donmangalj1 He is Michael's brother ...

[laliths]

Sir, Wonderfully done. I sat through the whole 50 min. which I have not done on any Youtube documentry on Sri Lanka. Hope you visit Sri Lanka again and make another 2 hr or 3 hr long documentry. Next time visit Uva, North and East.

Respect and Salute from another Torontonian.

[vishcumarasamy]

A wonderful but stressful journey around the resplendent isle of ceylon

[helizealot]

Wonderfull, somewhat sad yet enlightening journey back in time following the rich history and diversity that Sri Lankan culture is. Truely a paradise lost.

[jago53z]

Good on you. May God Bless you.

Grace

Melb.