David Manicom
| David Manicom | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Alton Manicom July 19, 1960 Ingersoll, Ontario |
| Occupation | Civil Servant, Diplomat Poet, Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality |
 Canadian |
| Education | University of Toronto, McGill University |
| Notable award(s) | Quebec Writer’s Federation’s non-fiction prize |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Marquis |
David Alton Manicom (born 1960) is a Canadian diplomat, civil servant, poet, and novelist.
Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. He has also lived in Aylmer, Quebec, Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing, Geneva, and New Delhi. Married with three children, he currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario where he serves as the Director General of the Immigration Policy Branch of the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
He has contributed to numerous publications, including 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, while "Progeny of Ghosts" (1998) won the Quebec Writer's Federation prize for non-fiction and was short-listed for the National Writer’s Trust Viacom award for non-fiction.
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)
- Anna's Shadow (Montreal: Vehicule, 2008)
- Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 2009)
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