Bergen wins Giller prize

Toronto

David Bergen, a writer and English teacher from Winnipeg, won the 2005 Giller prize for his recent novel, The Time in Between. The story is set in Vietnam, where a sister and brother search for their father who returned to Vietnam many years after the war. Bergen researched the book when he travelled to Vietnam as part of an assignment with Mennonite Central Committee.

This year, the Giller prize, awarded for excellence in Canadian fiction, is co-sponsored by Scotiabank and the prize was increased to $40,000.

Bergen's earlier novels include A Year of Lesser and see the Child, as well as The Case of Lena S, which won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and …