David Adams Richards
- January 6, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | David Adams Richards |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 17, 1950(1950-10-17) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | England |
| Horoscope | Libra |
David Adams Richards Biography
| Name | David Adams Richards |
| Birthday | Oct 17 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Spouse | Peggy McIntyre |
| Children(s) | John Thomas Richards, Anton Richards |
David Adams Richards is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on October 17, 1950 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. David Adams Richards, CM, ONB (born 17 October 1950) is a Canadian writer and a member of the Canadian Senate.
The year 2009 was the time he was named an Member of the Order of Canada “for his contributions to the Canadian literary scene as an essayist, screenwriter and writer of fiction and non-fiction”.
On 30 August 2017, the appointment of Richards to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was announced.
On 25 April 2018, Richards resigned from the Independent Senators Group to sit as a non-caucusing independent senator. Richards stressed that he had not felt pressured by the ISG, saying that he left because he wants a high degree of personal autonomy, citing how he never joined the Writers’ Union of Canada or PEN Canada as an author. Richards also said that since Trudeau had appointed him as an independent, he felt it was his duty to be as independent as possible.
Richards has won numerous awards, among them the two Gemini Awards for scriptwriting for Small Gifts and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down as well as The Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the Canadian Authors Association Award for his novel Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace. Richards is one of just three writers to be awarded in both the fiction as well as other categories for the Governor General’s Award. He received the award for fiction in 1988 with the novel Nights Below Station Street as well as the non- fiction award in 1998 in the category of Lines on the Water: A Fisherman’s Story at the Miramichi. He also was a co-winner in the year 1999 Giller Prize for Mercy Among the Children. The Writers New Brunswick Federation manages the annually David Adams Richards Prize for Fiction.
David Adams Richards Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
David Adams Richards is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Adams Richards 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The year was 1971 when he got married to in 1971 to the then Peggy McIntyre. The couple has two children: John Thomas Richards and Anton Richards who reside in Fredericton in December 2012.
In Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards was a student at Newcastle, New Brunswick. He left St. Thomas University in Fredericton only three credits short of finishing a bachelor’s degree. After publishing an e-book of poems in 1972 Richards was awarded the Norma Bailey Award, a literary prize awarded to unpublished writing by Canadian students at universities, in 1974, for an excerpt of his manuscript for a novel The Coming of Winter, and The novel was released in the following year as his debut novel.
In 2014, Halifax singer-songwriter Dan MacCormack released an album of songs inspired by Richards’ novels, called Symphony of Ghosts. The title was taken from a line in Mercy Among the Children.
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Who is David Adams Richards Dating?
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