Eleanor Atwood Gibson: Facts About Margaret Atwood's Daughter

Eleanor Atwood Gibson is the daughter of Margaret Eleanor Atwood. Eleanor’s mother Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Her works have been adapted for film and television. Eleanor is also the daughter of the late Canadian novelist Graeme Gibson.

Eleanor Atwood Gibson: Bio Summary

How Old Is Eleanor Atwood Gibson?

Eleanor Atwood Gibson also known as Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson was born in May 1976. She will be turning 47 years old after celebrating her birthday in 2023. She is a product of the relationship between Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson. Her parents were never married but they were together.

Eleanor Atwood Gibson’s mother Margaret is a poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor while her father Thomas Graeme Cameron Gibson best known as Graeme Gibson was a novelist. Both parents were successful and well-known.

Eleanor’s parents moved to a farm near Alliston, Ontario, where she was born. Eleanor is the only child of her parents but she has half-siblings from her father’s side. Eleanor’s father Graeme Gibson used to be married to publisher Shirley Gibson, with whom he has two sons, Matthew Gibson, and Grae Gibson.

It was after Graeme got divorced from Shirley Gibson that he got into a relationship with Eleanor’s mother Margaret Atwood. Margaret had also gone through a divorce before she began dating Graeme. She was previously married to American writer Jim Polk.

Although Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson never got married, they stayed together until Graeme died in 2019. After their daughter, Eleanor was born, the family decided to move to Toronto in 1980. It is believed that Eleanor experienced a colorful childhood.

Eleanor Atwood Gibson’s maternal grandparents are Carl Edmund Atwood, an entomologist, and Margaret Dorothy (née Killam), a former dietitian and nutritionist from Woodville, Nova Scotia. Her paternal grandparents are Brigadier General Thomas Graeme Gibson, a career Army officer, and radio singer Mary (née Cameron).

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Eleanor’s Father Died At Age 85

As mentioned earlier, Eleanor Atwood Gibson’s parents Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson were together until Graeme’s death happened. Graeme passed away on 18 September 2019, at age 85 after suffering from dementia.

Margaret wrote about her beloved in the poem Dearly and in an accompanying essay on grief and poetry published in The Guardian in 2020. Margaret said about her husband:

“He wasn’t an egotist, so he wasn’t threatened by anything I was doing. He said to our daughter towards the end of his life, ‘Your mum would still have been a writer if she hadn’t met me, but she wouldn’t have had as much fun'”.

In a released statement on the behalf of the family, Margaret Atwood said:

“We are devastated by the loss of Graeme, our beloved father, grandfather, and spouse, but we are happy that he achieved the kind of swift exit he wanted and avoided the decline into further dementia that he feared. He had a lovely last few weeks, and he went out on a high, surrounded by love, friendship, and appreciation. We are grateful for his wise, ethical, and committed life.”

Eleanor Is An Actress

Eleanor Atwood Gibson is an actress according to her IMDb profile. She has been given credit for Black Moon (2011) and Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019). She appeared as herself in the documentary about her mother, Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power.

Eleanor Is A Private Person

Unlike some individuals who like to be everywhere because they are children of celebrities, Eleanor Atwood Gibson has managed to keep her life private. She avoids the spotlight as much as possible. She doesn’t appear frequently in the news and is hardly spotted at public functions or events.

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Eleanor doesn’t talk about her life and has been keeping most of his life away from social media and the mainstream media. The “Margaret Atwood: ‘She’s ahead of everyone in the room’” article by The Guardian, tells us that, Eleanor is now an art historian who lives in Brooklyn with her mother Margaret Atwood’s grandson.

Eleanor is a mother and has a son but it is unknown if she is currently married or not. Her relationship status is also not known.

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