David Coventry

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Coventry
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Oct 2, 1969(1969-10-02)
Age	55
Birthplace	Wellington
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Wellington Region
Horoscope	Capricorn

David Coventry Biography

David Coventry is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 2, 1969 in Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand. His novel, The Invisible Mile, set during the 1928 Tour de France, has been well received in each of the territories it has been published. It was described in the Sydney Morning Herald as its pick of the Week: “David Coventry’s poetic odyssey relates … with symbolic force and poetic finesse.” The New York Times included it in its book of the week section, stating the book is “Gorgeous…. Coventry’s brooding narrative, in varying parts philosophical action-adventure, travelogue, family drama, war chronicle and psychological puzzler, is suffused with the ever-querying perspective of its haunted central character.” It has been variously described as a “truly extraordinary first novel”[17]. “A dream to read, in all senses of the word…. A trance-like account of the 1928 Tour de France . . . The writing is fierce, a bravura mix of narcissism, masochism and lyricism grounded in the honesty of the unnamed rider’s journey into his self and the dawning realisation that the race has become a grand metaphor for the trauma of World War I.” Brian Clearkin at Landfall wrote: “a brilliant tour de force of writing talent and style that richly rewards the reader. [P]laces David Coventry among the elite of New Zealand authors.”

Coventry was the 2015 recipient of the Todd New Writer’s Bursary. He appeared at the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival, The International Festival of Authors in Toronto (2017), the New Zealand Festival’s Writer’s Week in session with Lloyd Geering (2016), the Auckland Writers Festival (2016), and the Nelson Arts Festival (2016).

David Coventry Net Worth

David Coventry is one of the richest Novelist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Coventry 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Henry Halford Coventry (born 2 October 1969, Wellington) is a New Zealand born author and musician. Published in six different languages his debut novel, The Invisible Mile (2015), was the winner of the 2016 Hubert Church Award for Fiction, shortlisted for both the Ockham New Zealand Book Award and the Sports Book Awards in the United Kingdom. His work has been compared to that of Don DeLillo, Toni Morrisson, Thomas Mann.

A former musician, sound engineer and film archivist, Coventry attended Hutt Valley High School from 1983 to 1986, has a BA in English literature and Religious studies (Victoria University of Wellington, 2000), an Honours Degree in English Literature (VUW, 2001) and a Masters in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters (VUW, 2010). He lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Andrey Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. David Coventry celebrates birthday on October 2 of every year.