Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff is a noted Canadian scholar and novelist. He is the son of noted Canadian George Ignatieff. Michael studied political science at University College in the University of Toronto. There he met Bob Rae, also a student, who became a long a close friend. After U of T him and Rae both went to Oxford University where they studied under the noted liberal theorist Isaiah Berlin. Of Russian decent Ignatieff is perhaps best known for his Russiam Album which dicussed the history of his family in the context of Russian history. He is a noted scholar and has written frequently on human rights issues. He is currently teaching at Harvard University.

Works:

• The Needs of Strangers - 1984
• The Russian Album - 1987 (winner of the 1987 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction)
• Asya - 1991
• Scar Tissue - 1993
• Blood and Belonging: Journeys Into the New Nationalism - 1994
• Warrior's Honour: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience - 1997
• Isaiah Berlin: A Life - 1998
• Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond - 2000
• The Rights Revolution - 2000
• Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry - 2001

See also: List of Canadian writers