David Gilmour (writer)
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David Gilmour (born 1949 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist and television journalist.
He became managing editor of the Toronto International Film Festival in 1980, a post he held for four years. In 1986, he joined CBC Television as a film critic for The Journal, eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night arts and entertainment magazine. In 1990, he began hosting Gilmour on the Arts, an arts magazine series on CBC Newsworld.
He left the CBC in 1997 to concentrate on his writing. His 2005 novel A Perfect Night to Go to China won the 2005 Governor General's Award for English fiction, and is longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award. He is a graduate of Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto.
[edit] Novels
- Back on Tuesday (1986)
- How Boys See Girls (1991)
- An Affair with the Moon (1993)
- Lost Between Houses (1999)
- Sparrow Nights (2001)
- A Perfect Night to Go to China, Thomas Allen Publishers (2005)
- The Film Club, Thomas Allen Publishers (2007)
[edit] External links
- David Gilmour's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- David Gilmour
- CBC: David Gilmour wins GG for English fiction
- Interview with David Gilmour
Categories: Canadian journalist stubs | Canadian writer stubs | 1949 births | Canadian film critics | Canadian novelists | Canadian television journalists | Canadians of Scottish descent | Governor General's Award winning fiction writers | Living people | People from London, Ontario | University of Toronto alumni | Upper Canada College alumni
