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David Bergen

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born

January 01, 1957 in Port Edward, British Columbia, Canada

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Born in Port Edward, British Columbia, author David Bergen worked as a writer and high school English teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before gaining a great deal of recognition in Canada when his novel The Time In Between won the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize, one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards. The novel also received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews and was longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award.

Bergen's debut novel, A Year of Lesser, was a New York Times Notable Book, and a winner of the McNally Robinson Book of the Year award in 1997. 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 Mc...more

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Books by David Bergen

Average rating: 3.18 · 872 ratings · 120 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Time In Between 3.06 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Matter With Morris 3.28 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Retreat 3.41 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Case of Lena S 3.40 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	See the Child 3.47 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Year of Lesser 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Life-Size Dinosaurs 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	And You Are On the Other Side of Nothing 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Sitting Opposite My Brother 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Passe Envahi D'Ombres 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Light Lifting by Alexander Macleod

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