David Bergen

David Bergen is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. In 2005, his novelThe Time in Betweenwon the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He was subsequently shortlistedfor the Giller forThe Matter with Morrisin 2010 and longlistedforThe Retreatin 2008 andStrangerin 2016. Bergen was also a finalist in 2002 for the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction for the bookThe Case of Lena S. His bookThe Age of Hopewas defended by Ron MacLeanonCanada Readsin 2013. Helives in Winnipeg, Man.

Bergenwas the 2018 recipient of the Matt Cohen Award, which is given to a writer who has dedicated their professional career to writing, in celebration oftheir entire body of work.

From the Matt Cohen Award jury:"In novel after novel,DavidBergenhas explored some of the most important issues of his time, from such internal questions as what duties children owe their parents to the eternal ones, such as what does a society owe its citizens."

Bergen'slatest book, the short story collectionHere the Dark,is on the2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist.Here the Darkincludes the storythat won the 1999CBC Short Story Prize,How Can n Men Share a Bottle of Vodka?

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• 6 lessons David Bergen has learned from spending 25 years as a writer

Books by David Bergen

Interviews

5:43David Bergen speaks about his Writers' Trust Matt Cohen Award win.

Author David Bergen speaks with CBC Manitoba's Marcy Markusa about his Writers' Trust Matt Cohen Award win.

CBC Books5:35David Bergen takes the Proust questionnaire

David Bergen, author of "Leaving Tomorrow", answers the Proust Questionnaire

The Next Chapter13:18David Bergen on "Stranger"

David Bergen on his new novel about a young Guatemalan woman who travels to a dystopian future America to reclaim her stolen daughter.