David Bezmozgis
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David Bezmozgis (born 1973) is a Canadian writer and documentary filmmaker.
Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family when he was six. He graduated with a B.A. in English literature from McGill University. Bezmozgis received an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. In 1999, his first documentary, a 25-minute film called L.A. Mohel, won a major award for student filmmakers.
His first published book is Natasha and Other Stories (2004, ISBN 0-374-28141-6). Stories from that collection first appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's and Zoetrope All-Story.
His story "Natasha," which originally appeared in Harper's, was included in the 2005 Best American Stories collection; his story "New Gravestone for an Old Grave," which originally appeared in Zoetrope, will be included in the 2006 Best American Stories collection.
Natasha and Other Stories was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2007, where it was championed by Steven Page.
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[edit] Awards
- Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (2004)
- Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award (UK) (2004)
- Shortlisted for the Governor General's Awards for Literature (2004)
- Shortlisted for the Borders Original Voices Award (2004)
- Winner of the Reform Judaism Prize for Jewish Fiction (2004)
- Winner of the Commonwealth First Book Prize for Caribbean/Canada (2004)
- Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best first collection of short fiction in the English language (2005)
- Finalist for the National Magazine Awards for fiction (2005)
- Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2005)
- Winner of the City of Toronto Book Award (2005)
[edit] Work available online
- Tapka from The New Yorker
- The Russian Riviera from The New Yorker
- The Second Strongest Man from Zoetrope All-Story
- A New Gravestone for an Old Grave from Zoetrope All-Story
