David Gilbert (author)

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{{Infobox writer

| name = David Gilbert

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

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| occupation = Short story writer, novelist

| nationality = American

| notableworks = & Sons, The Normals, and Remote Feed

| education = Middlebury College
University of Montana (MFA)

| relatives = S. Parker Gilbert (father)

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| children = 3

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David Gilbert (born 1967 in Paris) is an American author known for the novels & Sons, The Normals, and for Remote Feed, a collection of short stories.

Early life and education

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.

Career

His published work includes the novels & Sons, The Normals, and Remote Feed, a collection of short stories. His writings have appeared in periodicals such as GQ, Harper's and The New Yorker.

Filming on a feature film adaptation of & Sons took place in 2025.{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2025/02/and-sons-imelda-staunton-johnny-flynn-dominic-west-1236288179/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=22 May 2025|title= Imelda Staunton, Johnny Flynn & Dominic West Among New Additions To Pablo Trapero’s ‘& Sons’ As Drama Lines Up Pre-Sales|first= Matt |last=Grobar|date=February 13, 2025}}

Personal life

Gilbert lives in New York City and has three children.

Bibliography

=Novels=

{{cite book |last=Gilbert |first=David |title=&Sons |date=23 July 2013 |isbn=978-0812993967}}
{{cite book |last=Gilbert |first=David |title=The Normals |year=2004 |isbn=9781582344560 |url=https://archive.org/details/normalsnovel00gilb |url-access=registration }}

=Collections=

{{cite book |last=Gilbert |first=David |title=Remote Feed |year=1998 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=9780684843063 |url=https://archive.org/details/remotefeed00gilb_0 |url-access=registration }}

=Short fiction=

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[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/22/from-a-farther-room From a farther room] \|2013 \|The New Yorker 89/21 (July 22, 2013) \|
[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/fungus Fungus] \|2018 \|The New Yorker (June 4 and June 11, 2018)

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[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/22/from-a-farther-room From a farther room]

|2013

|The New Yorker 89/21 (July 22, 2013)

[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/fungus Fungus]

|2018

|The New Yorker (June 4 and June 11, 2018)

References

External links

[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/07/17/david-gilbert-interview-and-sons/2529711/ David Gilbert explores fatherly bonds in '& Sons']
[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/this-week-in-fiction-david-gilbert New Yorker Interview July 4, 2014]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140627001248/http://www.davidgilbertauthor.com/ www.davidgilbertauthor.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140801042825/http://www.davidgilbertauthor.com/new-yorker-qa/ New Yorker Interview July 22, 2013]
[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/11/this-week-in-fiction-david-gilbert.html/ New Yorker Interview November 5, 2012]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140717071451/http://www.davidgilbertauthor.com/david-gilbert/q-a/ A Conversation Between David Gilbert and Amor Towles]
[http://bookpage.com/interviews/15509-david-gilbert#.U713G_ldWmE/ David Gilbert, Minding the family business, BookPage Interview by Alden Mudge]

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century American novelists

Category:Middlebury College alumni

Category:1967 births

Category:American male novelists

Category:University of Montana alumni

Category:21st-century American male writers

Category:Novelists from New York (state)

Category:Auchincloss family

Category:People from the Upper East Side

Category:Writers from Manhattan