David Bergen
(born 1957) is a Canadian novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
His debut novel, A Year of Lesser
in 1996, was a New York Times
Notable Book and winner of the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. His 2002 novel The Case of Lena S.
was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for English language fiction and won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. It was also a finalist for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.
His 2005 novel The Time in Between
won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, received a coveted starred review in the Kirkus Reviews
trade magazine, and was recently longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award. In 2008 he published his fifth novel, The Retreat
, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and which won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.
He is also the author of a collection of short fiction, Sitting Opposite My Brother
(1993), which was a finalist for the Manitoba Book of the Year.
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David Bergen
(born 1957) is a
Canadian novelist from
Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
His debut novel,
A Year of Lesser
in 1996, was a
New York Times
Notable Book and winner of the
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. His 2002 novel
The Case of Lena S.
was a finalist for the
Governor General's Award for English language fiction and won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. It was also a finalist for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.
His 2005 novel
The Time in Between
won the
Scotiabank Giller Prize, received a coveted starred review in the
Kirkus Reviews
trade magazine, and was recently longlisted for the 2007
IMPAC Award. In 2008 he published his fifth novel,
The Retreat
, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and which won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.
He is also the author of a collection of short fiction,
Sitting Opposite My Brother
(1993), which was a finalist for the Manitoba Book of the Year.