David Gilbert (author)
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David Gilbert | |
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Born | 1967 Paris, France |
Occupation | Short story writer, novelist |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Middlebury College University of Montana |
Notable works | & Sons, The Normals, and Remote Feed |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | S. Parker Gilbert (father) |
David Gilbert (born 1967 in Paris) is an American author known for the novels , The Normals, and for , a collection of short stories.
Career[]
His published work includes the novels , The Normals, and , a collection of short stories. His writings have appeared in periodicals such as GQ, Harper's and The New Yorker. Gilbert has cited Franz Kafka, John Cheever, T. S. Eliot, J. D. Salinger and Philip Roth as influences.[citation needed]
Personal life[]
Gilbert's father was S. Parker Gilbert, the Chairman of Morgan Stanley during the 1980s and his grandfather was Seymour Parker Gilbert, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and the Agent General for Reparations to Germany, from October 1924 to May 1930. He grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, graduated from Middlebury College, and earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Montana. Gilbert lives in New York City and has three children.
Bibliography[]
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Novels[]
- Gilbert, David. &Sons.
- Gilbert, David. The Normals.
Collections[]
- Gilbert, David. Remote Feed.
Short fiction[]
Title | Year | First published in | Reprinted in |
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From a farther room | 2013 | The New Yorker 89/21 (July 22, 2013) |
External links[]
- David Gilbert explores fatherly bonds in '& Sons'
- New Yorker Interview July 4, 2014
- www.davidgilbertauthor.com
- New Yorker Interview July 22, 2013
- New Yorker Interview November 5, 2012
- A Conversation Between David Gilbert and Amor Towles
- David Gilbert, Minding the family business, BookPage Interview by Alden Mudge
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- Middlebury College alumni
- Writers from Manhattan
- 1967 births
- American male novelists
- University of Montana alumni
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Auchincloss family
- People from the Upper East Side
- American writer stubs