David Bezmozgis is the author of our first story, "The Train of Their Departure". The story was first published in the New Yorker's 20 under 40 issue in 2010. Bezmozgis published his first book, Natasha and Other Stories in 2004. He received the Toronto Book Award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for First Book for Natasha. If you want to read the title story, "Natasha", it is included in the Best American Short Stories 2005.
Bezmozgis was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1977. He immigrated with his parents to Toronto in 1980. He attended McGill University, receiving a BA in English Literature, and the University of California's School of Cinema-Television, receiving an MFA. His first feature film, Victoria Day, was released in 2009.
I looked for this story online. If you are a New Yorker subscriber, you can read it here. Otherwise, you can check out a copy of the book at the library.
The Free World (2011) is his first novel.
New York Times article about the 20 Under 40 list.
The Free World (2011) is his first novel.
New York Times article about the 20 Under 40 list.
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