David C. Carpenter (born October 28, 1941) is a Canadian writer who lives in

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. His oeuvre, which includes poetry, essays, short stories,

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, and full-length books in fiction as well as non-fiction genres, focuses primarily on nature and his native western Canada. In 2010, his latest novel, ''A Hunter's Confession'', was released, in which he explores the history of hunting, subsistence hunting versus hunting for sport,

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, and the meaning of the hunt for those who have written about it most eloquently. Carpenter holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in modern languages (1962) and the

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degree (1964) from the

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, the Master of Arts degree in English (1967) from the

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and the Doctor of Philosophy from the

(1973). He is married to artist Honor Keever; they reside in

, where he has served on the faculty of the English Department at the

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since 1975.Avery, ''op.cit.''

Works

*''The Forest'', a novella by Georges Bugnet, translated from the original ''La Foret'' – 1977 *''Jokes for the Apocalypse'' – 1985 *''Jewels'' – 1986 *''God's Bedfellows'' – 1988 *''Writing Home'' – 1994 *''Courting Saskatchewan'' – 1996 *''Banjo Lessons'' – 1997 *''Fishing in Western Canada'' – 2000 *''Trout Stream Creed'' – 2003 *''The Ketzer'' – 2004 *''Luck'' – 2005 *''Niceman Cometh'' – 2008 *''Welcome to Canada'' – 2009 *''A Hunter's Confession'' – 2010 *''The Education of Augie Merasty'' - 2015 (by Joseph Auguste Merasty, with David Carpenter)

References

1941 births Living people Canadian male novelists Writers from Edmonton Writers from Saskatoon 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Novelists from Saskatchewan Novelists from Alberta {{Canada-novelist-stub