Dennis Bock
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Dennis Bock (born in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Bock studied English and philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, and took one year off during that time to live in Spain.
He published his first book, the short story collection Olympia, in 1998. His first novel, The Ash Garden, was published in 2001, and was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Bock's second novel, The Communist's Daughter, is a fictional retelling of the final years in the life of Canadian doctor Norman Bethune.
[edit] Works
- Olympia (1998)
- The Ash Garden (2001)
- The Communist's Daughter (2006)