David Adams Richards

 

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David Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet. Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a BA. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and colleges across Canada, including the University of New Brunswick. He is currently the Artist in Residence at St. Thomas University. Richards has received numerous awards including 2 Gemini Awards for scriptwriting for Small Gifts and "For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down", the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the Canadian Authors Association Award for his novel Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace. Richards is one of only three writers to have won in both the fiction and non-fiction categories of the Governor General's Award. He won the 1988 fiction award for Nights Below Station Street and the 1998 non-fiction award for Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

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David Adams Richards

Born 1950-10-17 (75 years ago) in Newcastle.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down) 12th Gemini Awards 1998 For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (Lines on the Water) 1998 Lines on the Water
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (Small Gifts) 10th Gemini Awards 1996 Small Gifts
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (Nights Below Station Street) 1988 Nights Below Station Street
Scotiabank Giller Prize
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (The lost highway) 2008 The lost highway
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (Mercy among the Children) 2000 Mercy among the Children
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down) 12th Gemini Awards 1998 For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (Lines on the Water) 1998 Lines on the Water
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series (Small Gifts) 10th Gemini Awards 1996 Small Gifts
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down) 1993 For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (Nights Below Station Street) 1988 Nights Below Station Street
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (Road to the Stilt House) 1985 Road to the Stilt House

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David Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.

Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a BA. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and colleges across Canada, including the University of New Brunswick. He is currently the Artist in Residence at St. Thomas University.

Richards has received numerous awards including 2 Gemini Awards for scriptwriting for Small Gifts and "For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down", the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the Canadian Authors Association Award for his novel Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace. Richards is one of only three writers to have won in both the fiction and non-fiction categories of the Governor General's Award. He won the 1988 fiction award for Nights Below Station Street and the 1998 non-fiction award for Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi. He was also a co-winner of the 2000 Giller Prize for Mercy Among the Children.

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