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Michael Ignatieff

Michael IgnatieffBorn: 12-May-1947
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Politician

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Blood and Belonging

Father: George Ignatieff (Russian emigre, diplomat, b. 16-Dec-1913, d. 10-Aug-1989)
Mother: Alison Grant (Canadian)
Wife: Susan Barrowclough (div., two children)
Son: Theo
Daughter: Sophie
Wife: Zsuzsanna Zsohar (Hungarian, m.)

    High School: Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    University: BA History, University of Toronto (1969)
    University: PhD, Harvard University (1975)
    Professor: University of British Columbia (1976-78)
    Scholar: King's College, Cambridge University (1978-84)
    Administrator: Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University (2000-05)

    Member of the Canadian Parliament Etobicoke--Lakeshore (2006-)
    The Globe and Mail Journalist (1964-65)
    The Observer Editorial Columnist (1990-93)
    Liberal Party of Canada
    Russian Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Antonia and Jane (6-Sep-1991) Himself

Official Website:
http://www.michaelignatieff.ca/

Author of books:
The Needs of Strangers (1984, philosophy)
Asya (1991, novel)
Blood and Belonging, Journeys into the New Nationalism (1993, nonfiction)
Scar Tissue (1993, novel)
The Russian Album (1997, family memoir)
The Warrior's Honor, Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience (1998, nonfiction)
Isaiah Berlin: A Life (1998, biography)
Virtual War, Kosovo and Beyond (2000, nonfiction)
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry (2001, nonfiction)
Charlie Johnson in the Flames (2003, novel)


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