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David Bergen

デイヴィッド・バーゲン

Deividdo Bāgen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-01-14 (Port Edward, British Columbia, Canada)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Religion
Mennonite
Residence History
Port Edward, British Columbia, Canada → Niverville, Manitoba, Canada → Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer
Active Years
1993-2023

Education

Bible college in British Columbia
Country: Canada
Red River College
creative communication
Country: Canada
ウィニペグ、マニトバ

Awards

Manitoba Book of the Year
1993
Work: Sitting Opposite My Brother
Organization: Manitoba Writers' Guild
Result: finalist
John Hirsch Award
1996
Work: A Year of Lesser
Result: winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
1996
Work: A Year of Lesser
Organization: McNally Robinson
Result: winner
CBC Literary Award, Short Story
1999
Work: How Can 'N' Men Share a Bottle of Vodka
Organization: CBC
Result: winner
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
2002
Work: The Case of Lena S.
Result: finalist
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
2002
Work: The Case of Lena S.
Result: winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
2002
Work: The Case of Lena S.
Organization: McNally Robinson
Result: finalist
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
2002
Work: The Case of Lena S.
Result: finalist
Scotiabank Giller Prize
2005
Work: The Time in Between
Organization: Scotiabank
Result: winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
2005
Work: The Time in Between
Organization: McNally Robinson
Result: winner
International Dublin Literary Award
2007
Work: The Time in Between
Result: longlist
Scotiabank Giller Prize
2008
Work: The Retreat
Organization: Scotiabank
Result: longlist
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
2008
Work: The Retreat
Organization: McNally Robinson
Result: winner
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
2008
Work: The Retreat
Result: winner
Scotiabank Giller Prize
2010
Work: The Matter With Morris
Organization: Scotiabank
Result: shortlist
International Dublin Literary Award
2012
Work: The Matter with Morris
Result: shortlist
Matt Cohen Award
2018
Result: winner
Scotiabank Giller Prize
2020
Work: Here the Dark
Organization: Scotiabank
Result: shortlist
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
2021
Work: Here the Dark
Organization: McNally Robinson
Result: winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
2022
Work: Out of Mind
Organization: McNally Robinson
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Time in Between

2005 Literary fiction
warlossredemption

The Matter With Morris

2010 Literary fiction

A Year of Lesser

1996 Literary fiction

The Case of Lena S.

2002 Literary fiction

Here the Dark

2020 Short stories

Bibliography

  • Sitting Opposite My Brother (1993)
  • A Year of Lesser (1996)
  • See the Child (1999)
  • The Case of Lena S. (2002)
  • The Time in Between (2005)
  • The Retreat (2008)
  • The Matter With Morris (2010)
  • The Age of Hope (2012)
  • Leaving Tomorrow (2014)
  • Stranger (2016)
  • Out of Mind (2021)
  • Away from the Dead (2023)
  • Here the Dark (2020)

Legacy

Canadian novelist who won the Giller Prize. Influenced by Mennonite upbringing, themes of family, loss, and faith. Based in Winnipeg.

Archives

  • University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections

In Popular Culture

  • The Age of Hope selected for Canada Reads 2013 (defended by Ron Maclean).

Quotes

  • Writing is a way of figuring things out. If you can't ask certain questions in church, maybe you can ask them in fiction.
    Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia