David Elias

David Elias (born 1949) is a Canadian writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[4]

This article is about the Canadian writer. For Canadian curler by this name, see Dave Elias.
David Elias
Born1949 (1949)[1]
Winkler, Manitoba
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba[2]
Period1990s–present
SpouseBrenda Sciberras[3]

Career

Elias was born in Winkler, Manitoba in 1949 in a Mennonite home, a topic that often is addressed in his writing.[5] He later moved to Winnipeg where he completed a degree in Philosophy and English from the University of Manitoba, and wrote his first collection of short stories called Crossing the Line in 1992.[6][7]

Since then he has written six other works of fiction including Places of Grace (1997), Sunday Afternoon (2005), Waiting for Elvis (2009), Henry's Game (2012), Along the Border (2014), Elizabeth of Bohemia: A Novel about Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen (2019) and one work of non-fiction called The Truth About the Barn.[8][9] His novel Sunday Afternoon was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award as well as the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.[10] Elizabeth of Bohemia was also nominated for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.[11] He is married to poet Brenda Sciberras. [12]

References
  1. David Elias. The Truth About The Barn. Great Plains.
  2. "David Elias". Canadian Books&Authors. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  3. "David Elias". Manitoba Writers Guild. 14 October 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  4. Edna Froese (2008). "Transgression into grace:David Elias's Sunday Afternoon". Mennonite Quarterly Review.
  5. "A product of his landscape". The United. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  6. "David Elias". Canadian Books&Authors. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  7. Magdalene Redekop. Making Believe. University of Manitoba Press.
  8. "Free Press book reviewers pick top titles for 2020". Winnipeg Free Press. December 19, 2020.
  9. "Part exploration, part memoir". Prairie Books Now. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  10. "David Elias". Manitoba Writers Guild. 14 October 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  11. "Online Book Launch". McNally Robinson.
  12. "David Elias". Manitoba Writers Guild. 14 October 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
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