David Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, where his father ran an antiques business. He received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1960, and a Master's degree of the University of Liverpool in 1962. After graduating, he returned to Canada to teach at Queen's University in Kingston. His first book, a collection of poems called Figures in a Landscape, was published in 1968. In 1992, he moved to Montreal, and in 1996 he moved to Belfast, Prince Edward Island. In 2009, he was named as a member of the Order of Canada. He haw published more than thirty books, mostly fiction and poetry. He currently lives in an old house in the village of Eldon in Prince Edward Island.
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It is always summer
5 editions - first published in 1982 -
The streets of summer
5 editions - first published in 1968 -
The best name of silence: poems
5 editions - first published in 1972 -
The Bishop
5 editions - first published in 1986 Borrow -
A postcard from Rome
5 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
The day before tomorrow: [a novel.
4 editions - first published in 1971 -
Jennifer: a novel
4 editions - first published in 1979 -
The glass knight: a novel
4 editions - first published in 1976 -
The only son: a novel
4 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow -
Figures in a landscape: poems and plays
3 editions - first published in 1967 -
The king's evil: a novel
3 editions - first published in 1981 -
The sign of the gunman
3 editions - first published in 1969 -
Catchpenny poems
3 editions - first published in 1983 -
A book of the hours: poems
3 editions - first published in 1979 -
The rain falls like rain: poems
3 editions - first published in 1982 -
Old wars
3 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow -
A sound like laughter: a novel
3 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow -
The Hundred Old Names
2 editions - first published in 1988 -
Smuggling Donkeys
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Saltsea: a novel
2 editions - first published in 2006 -
Message from a spy
2 editions - first published in 1975 -
Of Desire
2 editions - first published in 1991 -
Back Then: Voices of Memory 1915-45
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Coming Attractions 90
2 editions - first published in 1990 -
90: Best Canadian Stories
2 editions - first published in 1990 -
Living here
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This human day
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The Year One
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The child of someone
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A random gospel
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
Blueberry Cliffs
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I saw her standing there
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The sway of otherwise
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The stand-in: a novella
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The signs of the gunman
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The Names of Things
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Coming Attractions 5
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Coming Through: Three Novellas
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
The beloved: David Helwig.
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
The only son: a novel
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Duet
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Close to the fire: a novella
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The time of her life: a novel
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Killing McGee
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Just say the words
1 edition - first published in 1994
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| November 20, 2009 | Edited by 66.25.181.226 | Added web site, added to birth date, added Wikipedia link, added bio, added photo |
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