margaret atwood is a novelist who writes poetry
in july 2020 atwood was one of the 153 signers of the harpers letter also known as a letter on justice and open debate that expressed concern that the free exchange of information and ideas the lifeblood of a liberal society is daily becoming more constricted
 she held the position of pen canada president in the mid 1980s and was the 2017 recipient of the pen center usas lifetime achievement award