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Douglas Glover BA, M.Litt., MFA (born 14 November 1948 in Simcoe, Ontario. Canada) is a Canadian writer. He was raised on his family's tobacco farm just outside Waterford, Ontario. He has published five short story collections, four novels (including ''Elle'' which won the 2003 Governor-General's Award for Fiction), two books of essays, ''Notes Home from a Prodigal Son'' and ''Attack of the Copula Spiders'', and ''The Enamoured Knight'', a book-length meditation on ''Don Quixote'' and novel form. His 1993 novel, ''The Life and Times of Captain N.'', was edited by Gordon Lish and released by Alfred A. Knopf.〔http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/12/11/causing-damage-captain-fiction-redivivus-dg-interview-with-gordon-lish/〕 His most recent book is a story collection, ''Savage Love'' (Goose Lane Editions, 2013). He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from York University in 1969 and an M.Litt. in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in 1971. He taught philosophy at the University of New Brunswick in 1971–72 and then worked as a reporter and editor on newspapers in Saint John, New Brunswick; Peterborough, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, until 1979. In 1982, he received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa's Iowa Writers' Workshop. Glover is a member of the core faculty of the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has previously taught at Skidmore College, Colgate University, and the University of Albany. He was the 2005 McGee Professor of Writing at Davidson College. He has been writer-in-residence at University of New Brunswick, Saint Thomas University, the University of Lethbridge and Utah State University. From October 1994, to October 1996, he was host of a weekly radio interview program called The Book Show at WAMC in Albany, NY. From 1994 to 2006, he edited the annual anthology ''Best Canadian Stories''. From 2010 to 2013, he wrote regularly for the international affairs magazine ''Global Brief''.〔(''Global Brief'' ) Retrieved 12 June 2012.〕 In 2010, he founded the online literary magazine, ''Numéro Cinq''. He has two sons Jacob Glover and Jonah Glover.〔(The Canadian Encyclopedia ) Retrieved Oct 3, 2011.〕〔Stone, Bruce ''The Art of Desire, The Fiction of Douglas Glover'', Oberon Press, Ottawa, 2004.〕〔''Contemporary Authors'' Autobiography Series, Vol. 23, Gale Research, 1996. pp. 81-97.〕 ==Awards and recognition== * 1984: finalist, Books in Canada First Novel Award for ''Precious'' * 1991: finalist, Governor General's Award for Fiction for ''A Guide to Animal Behaviour'' * 2003: winner, Governor General's Award for Fiction for ''Elle'' * 2004: ''Elle'' was the English to French translation finalist for the Governor General's Award for Translation * 2005: finalist, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, for ''Elle'' * 2006: Writers' Trust of Canada Timothy Findley Award 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Douglas Glover (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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