David Gates (author)

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David Gates
David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
Born (1947-01-08) January 8, 1947 (age 77)
OccupationNovelist, journalist
EducationUniversity of Connecticut (BA)
Notable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1998)

David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist.[1][2] His works have been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Education

Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1972.[3]

Career

Gates' first novel, Jernigan (1991), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,[4][5][6] was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[7][3] This was followed by a second novel, Preston Falls (1998),[8] and two short story collections, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1999)[9][10] and A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me (2015).[11]

Gates has published short stories in

Guggenheim Fellow.[14]

Journalism

Until 2008, Gates was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.[3][15]

Teaching

Gates teaches in the graduate writing program at

The University of Montana[16] as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars. Here he is a member of the Dog House Band, performing on the guitar, pedal steel, and vocals.[14]

References

  1. ^ Rothstein, Mervyn (18 June 1991). "David Gates and His Exploring Of the Beauty Within the Bleak". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "- Believer Magazine".
  3. ^ a b c d "David Gates- Assistant Professor". The University of Montana Creating Writing Program. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. ^ Weber, Bruce (12 November 1995). "To See Ourselves As Writers See Us". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "JERNIGAN by David Gates - Kirkus Reviews".
  7. ^ "1992 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org.
  8. ^ "Willis's Disease". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. ^ ""The Wonders of the Invisible World"". 30 June 1999.
  10. ^ "Review - The Wonders of the Invisible World". januarymagazine.com.
  11. ^ Carlson, Ron (24 July 2015). "'A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me,' by David Gates". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Read By Author - Ploughshares". www.pshares.org.
  13. ^ "Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists". The Paris Review.
  14. ^ a b "David Gates Reading". Book People of Moscow. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  15. ^ The Editors (8 June 2008). "Up Front - Talkin With David Gates". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "English/Film Course Catalog - the University of Montana". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

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