David Gilmour (writer)
David Gilmour | |
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| Born | December 22, 1949 |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, novelist, former broadcaster |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Mackenzie 1980–1984, divorced Maggie Huculak 1985-? Tina Gladstone ?-present[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
David Gilmour (born 22 December 1949) is a Canadian fiction novelist, former television journalist, film critic, and former professor at the University of Toronto.[2]
Early life
[edit]Gilmour was born in London, Ontario, and later moved to Toronto for schooling. He is a graduate of Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto.
He became managing editor of the Toronto International Film Festival in 1980 and held the post for four years. In 1986, he joined CBC Television as a film critic for The Journal, eventually becoming host of the program's Friday night arts and entertainment show. In 1990, he began hosting Gilmour on the Arts, an arts show series on CBC Newsworld.
Career
[edit]He left CBC in 1997 to concentrate on his writing. His 2005 novel A Perfect Night to Go to China won the 2005 Governor General's Award for English fiction, and was longlisted for the 2007 International Dublin Literary Award.
In June 2007, Gilmour won two gold National Magazine Awards for his essay "My Life with Tolstoy"[3] which appeared in The Walrus magazine.[4]
Gilmour was a Professor of Literary Studies at Victoria College at the University of Toronto and taught Creative Writing and Literature from 2006 to 2021.[5]
Controversy over alleged misogyny
[edit]In 2013, Gilmour told Hazlitt magazine that he could only teach the people he loved to read and "none of those happen to be Chinese, or women. … Except for Virginia Woolf." Gilmour said his favourite writers were "very serious heterosexual guys. Elmore Leonard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chekhov, Tolstoy. Real guy guys."[6][7] Gilmour said that his remarks were misrepresented.[8] In response, Hazlitt blog released the full transcript of the interview.[9] The University of Toronto released a statement clarifying that "Mr. Gilmour is not a member of the University of Toronto faculty. However, Mr. Gilmour teaches University of Toronto students taking an elective seminar course through Victoria College." and that "The University and Victoria College will also ensure that students in his class are under no misapprehensions that Mr. Gilmour’s literary preferences may be translated into assumptions about their innate abilities."[10] Students called for his removal and protests were held at Victoria College.[11] In an interview in 2017 Gilmour apologized for his previous remarks.[12] However, an investigation in 2021 by website The Strand found that at least three female students in his classroom felt marginalized and uncomfortable by his in-class conduct towards women, creating a link between his statements and in-classroom behavior that the University of Toronto had insisted was a "misapprehension."[11]
Novels
[edit]- Back on Tuesday (1986)
- How Boys See Girls (1991)
- An Affair with the Moon (1993)
- Lost Between Houses (1999)
- Sparrow Nights (2001)
- A Perfect Night to Go to China, Thomas Allen Publishers (2005)
- The Perfect Order of Things, Thomas Allen Publishers (2011)
- Extraordinary, Patrick Crean Editions (2013) (longlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize)
Memoir
[edit]- The Film Club, Thomas Allen Publishers (2007)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "David Gilmour". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ David Gilmour's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ The Walrus » David Gilmour » My Life with Tolstoy » Memoir Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Paula E. Kirman/Calypso Communications and Consulting. "David Gilmour: a website". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ Zoe Lazaris and Sam Rosati Martin/The Strand. "The Legacy of Discrimination in David Gilmour's Classroom". Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Keeler, Emily M. (25 September 2013). "David Gilmour on Building Strong Stomachs | Hazlitt". Hazlitt. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Bury, Liz (27 September 2013). "Canadian author David Gilmour sparks furore over female writers". the Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Barton, Adriana (25 September 2013). "David Gilmour responds after remarks on female writers spark outrage". Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "The Gilmour Transcript". Hazlitt. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ University of Toronto Statement, Media Relations Department, 26 Sept 2013
- ^ a b Zoe Lazaris and Sam Rosati Martin/The Strand. "The Legacy of Discrimination in David Gilmour's Classroom". Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "David Gilmour apologizes". CBC. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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