About David Manicom
Born 1960. David Manicom is a Canadian diplomat, poet, civil servant and novelist.
David Alton Manicom (born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian diplomat, civil servant, poet and novelist.
Biography Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. He has also lived in Aylmer, Quebec, Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing, Geneva and New Delhi.
He has contributed to numerous publications, including Rubicon, AWOL, Words Apart and Quarry. Manicom's The Burning Eaves (2003) was a finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for English Language Poetry, while Progeny of Ghosts (1998) won the Quebec Writer's Federation prize for non-fiction and was short-listed for the National Writer's Trust Viacom award for non-fiction.
He is currently the associate assistant deputy minister of the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
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Who is David Manicom?
Canadian writer and diplomat
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David Manicom was born on 19 July 1960 in Ingersoll.
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David Manicom is a diplomat, poet, civil servant and novelist.
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David Manicom is Canadian.
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