David Manicom

David Alton Manicom (born 1960) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and diplomat.

Life
Manicom was born and raised in Ingersoll, Ontario. 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. Married with three children, he currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife and youngest child.

He has contributed to numerous publications, including Rubicon, AWOL, Words Apart and Quarry.

Recognition
Manicom's The Burning Eaves (2003) was a finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for English Language Poetry.

Poetry

 * Sense of Season. Victoria, BC: Porcepic, 1988.
 * Theology of Swallows. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan, 1991.
 * The Older Graces. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan, 1997.
 * Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the old empire. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan, 1998.
 * The Burning Eaves Lantzville, BC: Oolichan, 2003.
 * Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm. (Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan, 2009.

Novels

 * The School at Chartres. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan, 2005.
 * Anna's Shadow. Montreal: Vehicule, 2008.

Short fiction

 * Ice in Dark Water. Lantzville, BC: Oolichan, 1997.