for the Giller Prize and the 2021 ReLit Award for short fiction. Bibliography Novels A Year of Lesser, HarperCollins Canada, 1996 See the Child, HarperCollins Canada, 1999 The Case of Lena S., McClelland & Stewart, 2002 The Time in Between, McClelland & Stewart, 2005 The Retreat, McClelland & Stewart, 2008 The Matter With Morris, HarperCollins Canada, 2010 The Age of Hope, HarperCollins Canada, 2012 Leaving Tomorrow, HarperCollins Canada, 2014 Stranger, HarperCollins Canada, 2016 Out of Mind, Goose Lane Editions, 2021 Short stories Sitting Opposite My Brother, Turnstone Press, 1993 Here the Dark, Stories and a Novella, Biblioasis, March, 2020 Awards 1993 Finalist, Manitoba Book of the Year — Sitting Opposite My Brother 1996 John Hirsch Award — A Year of Lesser 1996 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award — A Year of Lesser 1999 CBC Literary Award, Short Story — How Can 'N' Men Share a Bottle of Vodka 2002 Short list, Governor General's Award — The Case of Lena S. 2002 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award — The Case of Lena S. 2002 Finalist, McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award — The Case of Lena S. 2002 Finalist, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction — The Case of Lena S. 2005 Giller Prize — The Time in Between 2005 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award — The Time in Between 2007 Long list, International Dublin Literary Award — The Time in Between 2008 Long list, Giller Prize — The Retreat 2008 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award — The Retreat 2008 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction — The Retreat 2010 Shortlist, Giller Prize — The Matter With Morris 2012 Shortlist, International Dublin Literary Award — The Matter with Morris 2013 The Age of Hope chosen for Canada Reads - Defended by Ron Maclean 2016 Longlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize - Stranger 2018 Matt Cohen Award 2020 Shortlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize - Here the Dark 2021 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award - Here the Dark 2022 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award - Out of Mind References External links Description of David Bergen's archives at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections David Bergen's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia Profile at Manitoba Writers' Guild Canadian Mennonites Canadian male novelists Writers from British Columbia 1957 births Living people Mennonite writers People from the North Coast Regional District People from Eastman Region, Manitoba 20th-century Canadian novelists