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David Bergen was born in 1957 in Port Edward, British Columbia. Raised as a Mennonite, he received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg and taught English at the high school level for many years. Bergen currently lives in Winnipeg.

Books by David Bergen

	1993 Sitting Opposite My Brother
	1996 A Year of Lesser
	1999 See the Child
	2002 The Case of Lena S.
	2005 The Time In Between
	2008 The Retreat
	2010 The Matter with Morris
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Awards

• Giller Prize
  • 2005 – The Time In Between – Winner
  • 2010 – The Matter With Morris – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 2002 – The Case of Lena S. – Shortlisted

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Added 11 January 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.