David Gilmour (born 22 December 1949) is a Canadian fiction novelist, former television journalist, film critic, and former professor at the

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.David Gilmour's
entry in

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Early life

Gilmour was born in

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, and later moved to

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for schooling. He is a graduate of

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and the

. He became managing editor of the

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in 1980 and held the post for four years. In 1986, he joined

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as a film critic for '' The Journal'', eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night arts and entertainment show. In 1990, he began hosting '' Gilmour on the Arts'', an arts show series on

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Career

He left CBC in 1997 to concentrate on his writing. His 2005 novel ''

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'' won the 2005 Governor General's Award for English fiction, and was longlisted for the 2007

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. In June 2007, Gilmour won two gold

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for his essay "My Life with Tolstoy" which appeared in ''

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'' magazine. Gilmour was a Professor of Literary Studies at Victoria College at the

and taught Creative Writing and Literature from 2006 to 2021.

Novels

* ''Back on Tuesday'' (1986) * ''How Boys See Girls'' (1991) * ''An Affair with the Moon'' (1993) * ''Lost Between Houses'' (1999) * ''Sparrow Nights'' (2001) * ''

'', Thomas Allen Publishers (2005) * '' The Perfect Order of Things'', Thomas Allen Publishers (2011) * ''Extraordinary'', Patrick Crean Editions (2013) (longlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize)

Memoir

* ''

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'', Thomas Allen Publishers (2007)

References

External links

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