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David Bezmozgis

デイヴィッド・ベズモーズギス　/　でいゔぃっど・べずもーずぎす

Film director from Latvia

June 2, 1973 (age 53)　・　Riga, Latvia

film director
novelist
writer

My Take

What draws me to Bezmozgis is his refusal to pick a lane. Riga-born, Canada-raised, McGill-educated, he writes acclaimed fiction and directs films with equal seriousness, and the Guggenheim plus a stack of literary prizes tells me the work holds up. I read him as a chronicler of immigrant displacement, the quiet ache of leaving and arriving. That he now heads Humber's writing school feels right; he is the type who builds others up rather than chasing the spotlight. I trust storytellers who stay low-key and let the prose carry the weight, and he strikes me as exactly that kind of patient craftsman.

Overview

David Bezmozgis (Latvian: Dāvids Bezmozgis; born 1973) is a Latvian-born Canadian writer and filmmaker, currently the head of Humber College's School for Writers.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Bezmozgis
Name (Japanese): デイヴィッド・ベズモーズギス
Reading: でいゔぃっど・べずもーずぎす
Born: June 2, 1973 (age 53)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Ox
Origin: Riga, Latvia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / novelist / writer / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: McGill University

Awards & achievements

2005 Guggenheim Fellowship
2005 Toronto Book Awards
2004 Danuta Gleed Literary Award
2014 Edward Lewis Wallant Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.bezmozgis.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%82%AE%E3%82%B9

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