David Manicom

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David Alton Manicom (born 1960) is a Canadian diplomat, poet and novelist.

Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto. He has also lived in Montreal, Moscow, Islamabad, and Beijing. Married with three children, he currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland.

He has contributed to numerous publications, includiing 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.

[edit] 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)