David Gilbert (author)
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David Gilbert | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Middlebury College University of Montana (MFA) |
| 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 & Sons and The Normals, and for Remote Feed, a collection of short stories.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]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.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit | edit source]His published work includes Remote Feed (1998), a collection of short stories, and the novels & Sons (2013) and The Normals (2005). His writings have appeared in periodicals such as GQ, Harper's Magazine and The New Yorker.
When & Sons (2013) was released after the moderate success of his first, the publisher printed thousands of advanced copies to Gilbert's bafflement.[4] & Sons went on to be nominated for the 2015 St. Francis College Literary Prize and Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize in 2017. Filming on a feature film adaptation of & Sons took place in late 2024 and early 2025.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Gilbert lives in New York City and has three children.
Bibliography
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Novels
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Collections
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Short fiction
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | First published in | Reprinted in |
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| 2013 | From a Farther Room | The New Yorker 89/21 (July 22, 2013) | |
| 2018 | Fungus | The New Yorker (June 4 and June 11, 2018) |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 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
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- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- Middlebury College alumni
- 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
- Writers from Manhattan
- American novelist, 1960s birth stubs