David Young (writer)

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David Samuel Young (born July 17, 1946 in Oakville , Ontario ) is a Canadian writer.

Young graduated from the University of Western Ontario . In 1981 he became an employee of the Coach House Press publishing house , of which he was president from 1986 to 1996. In 1983 he wrote the piece "Fire" with Paul Ledoux , which won the Chalmers Award and was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award . Another collaborative effort was "Love is Strange" (based on the story of a stalker by the singer Anne Murray ) in the following year . The piece Glenn (based on the biography of the pianist Glenn Gould ) premiered in 1992 by the Necessary Angel Theater Company and was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award , the Governor General's Award and the Chalmers Award . 2004 arose after the novel by Alistair MacLeod , the piece "No Great Mischief" .

In addition to dramas, Young also wrote two novels and scripts for film and television, including a. he worked on the script for the film " The English Patient " based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje . He is founding director of the Writers' Trust of Canada and curator of the Griffin Prize for Excellence in Poetry .

Works

  • Fire , 1983
  • Love Is Strange: A Courtroom Romance , 1984 ( Still Desire You , 2008)
  • Glenn , 1992
    • Translated by Michael Stegemann: Glenn. Stefani Hunzinger Bühnenverlag, Bad Homburg 1994
  • Cheatin 'Hearts , 1994
  • Inexpressible Island , 1997
  • Cavies , 1999
  • Preschool , 1999
  • Two Beers For Three People , 1999
  • Visions Of Prostitutes , 1999
  • Antarctica , 2001
  • Clout , 2001
  • No Great Mischief , 2004

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Web links

  • Young in the Canadian Theater Encyclopedia
personal data
SURNAME Young, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, David Samuel; Young, David S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakville, Ontario