David Manicom Explained
| Birth Name: | David Alton Manicom |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Civil servant, diplomat, poet, novelist |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: |  Canadian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Toronto
McGill University |
| Awards: | Quebec Writer’s Federation’s non-fiction prize |
David Alton Manicom (born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian diplomat, civil servant, poet and novelist.
Biography
Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario,[1] and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal.[2] He has also lived in Aylmer, Quebec, Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing, Geneva and New Delhi.
He has contributed to numerous publications, including Rubicon, AWOL, Words Apart and Quarry. Manicom's The Burning Eaves (2003) was a finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for English Language Poetry,[3] while Progeny of Ghosts (1998) won the Quebec Writer's Federation prize for non-fiction[4] and was short-listed for the National Writer's Trust Viacom award for non-fiction.[5]
He is currently the associate assistant deputy minister of the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
Bibliography
- Sense of Season (Victoria, B.C.: Porcepic, 1988)
- Theology of Swallows (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 1991)
- The Older Graces (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 1997)
- Ice in Dark Water (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 1997)
- Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 1998)
- The Burning Eaves (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 2003)
- The School at Chartres (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 2005)
- Anna's Shadow (Montreal: Véhicule Press, 2008)
- Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 2009)
Notes and References
- Web site: Here In Ingersoll. Oxford Media Group . March 20, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321094003/http://oxfordmediagroup.com/hii/Active/archives/HI_Ingersoll_Winter07.pdf . March 21, 2014.
- Book: Taylor & Francis. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. 2004. Taylor & Francis. 1022. 9781857432695. Google Books.
- Web site: Governor General's Literary Awards Poetry . Canadian Books & Authors . March 20, 2014.
- Web site: THE QWF LITERARY AWARDS . Quebec Writer’s Federation . March 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141031215450/http://www.qwf.org/awards/archive.html . October 31, 2014 . dead.
- Web site: DAVID MANICOM . QWF Literary Database . March 20, 2014.
