David Bezmozgis

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David Bezmozgis, 2014

David Bezmozgis (born June 2, 1973 in Riga , Latvian SSR ) is a Canadian writer and English language filmmaker.

Life

David Bezmozgis grew up in the Latvian Soviet Republic and in 1979 emigrated with his family to Canada via Rome . He studied English literature at McGill University and then earned an MFA from the University of Southern California in the School of Cinema-Television . Bezmozgis produced his first television documentary in 1999, LA Mohel . His first film was finished in 2008, Victoria Day , in which Mark Rendall plays the lead role. The film was first shown at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival .

His first book, Natasha and Other Stories , published in 2004, was a volume of short stories, some of which were also reprinted in The New Yorker and Harper's . In 2005 he received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the book . His first novel, The Free World , describes the situation of Jewish emigrants from the Soviet Union who are waiting in Italy for a visa to continue their journey. The book came out in 2011 and was nominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award .

Awards and grants (selection)

Works

  • Natascha and other stories . 2004
    • Natasha . From the American English by Silvia Morawetz . Kiepenheuer, Cologne 2005
  • The Free World , 2011
    • The free world . Novel. Translated by Silvia Morawetz. Kiepenheuer, Cologne 2012
  • The Betrayers . Viking, 2014

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Judith Leister: Caught in between . NZZ , November 3, 2012, p. 24
  2. ^ Amy Waldman : Exile in Yalta , Financial Times , Aug. 16, 2014, p. 12
personal data
SURNAME Bezmozgis, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian-Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd June 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga