On ‧ daat ‧ je, Michael /ɒnˈdɑːtjə $ ɔːn-/ BrE AmE
(1943–) a Canadian writer, born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), whose books include The English Patient , which won the Booker Prize in 1992, and In the Skin of a Lion . The English Patient was made into a film, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1996.