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'''Andrew Greig''' (born 23 September 1951) is a Scottish writer. He was born in [[Bannockburn]], near [[Stirling]],<ref>[[Christopher Rush (writer)|Rush, Christophe]]r, "Elephants in Anstruther: In Search of the Scottish Identity", in [[Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster)|Lindsay, Maurice]] (ed.), ''The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment'' 31, August 1983, pp. 43 - 48, {{issn|0140-0894}}</ref> and grew up in [[Anstruther]], [[Fife]]. He studied philosophy at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and [[Scottish Arts Council]] Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}. He lives in [[Orkney]] and [[Edinburgh]] and is married to author [[Lesley Glaister]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umbrella2005.org.uk/speakers/LesleyGlaister.html |title=Lesley Glaister |website=www.umbrella2005.org.uk |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026225603/http://www.umbrella2005.org.uk/speakers/LesleyGlaister.html |archive-date=26 October 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{for|the Scottish goalkeeper|Andy Greig}}
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'''Andrew Greig''' (born 23 September 1951) is a Scottish writer. He grew up in [[Anstruther]], [[Fife]]. He studied philosophy at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and [[Scottish Arts Council]] Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}. He lives in [[Orkney]] and [[Edinburgh]] and is married to author [[Lesley Glaister]].<ref>http://www.umbrella2005.org.uk/speakers/LesleyGlaister.html{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
He won an [[Eric Gregory Award]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners|title=Eric Gregory Past Winners|publisher=[[Society of Authors]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327205725/http://societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners|archive-date=27 March 2014|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1985, Greig published an account of the successful ascent of the [[Muztagh Tower]], ''Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber'', which was shortlisted for the 1996 [[Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/other_years.htm#1996|title=Winning books, shortlisted books and other entries|publisher=[[Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516112607/http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/other_years.htm#1996|archivedate=16 May 2011|deadurl=yes|df=}}</ref>
He won an [[Eric Gregory Award]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners|title=Eric Gregory Past Winners|publisher=[[Society of Authors]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327205725/http://societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners|archive-date=27 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1985, Greig published an account of the successful ascent of the [[Muztagh Tower]] in the [[Himalayas]]. ''Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber'' was shortlisted for the 1996 [[Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/other_years.htm#1996|title=Winning books, shortlisted books and other entries|publisher=[[Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516112607/http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/other_years.htm#1996|archivedate=16 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


His first novel, ''[[Electric Brae (novel)|Electric Brae: A Modern Romance]]'' (1992), was shortlisted for the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.<ref name="waterstones">{{cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=200000600|title=Andrew Greig|publisher=[[Waterstone's]]|accessdate=2011-04-23}}</ref> His next novel, ''[[The Return of John MacNab]]'' (1996) was shortlisted for the [[Romantic Novelists' Association]] Award.<ref name="waterstones"/> His fifth novel, ''[[In Another Light]]'' (2004), won the 2004 [[Saltire Society]] [[Saltire Society Literary Awards|Scottish Book of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Books/Award-Winning-Scottish-Books/Saltire-Society-Literary-Awards|title=Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books|publisher=BooksFromScotland.com|accessdate=2011-04-23}}</ref> ''Fair Helen'' was shortlisted for the [[Walter Scott Prize]] (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bordersbookfestival.org/walter-scott-prize/item/256-walter-scott-prize-2014-short-list |title=Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014 |publisher=Walter Scott Prize |author= |date=4 April 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415074007/http://www.bordersbookfestival.org/walter-scott-prize/item/256-walter-scott-prize-2014-short-list |archivedate=15 April 2014 }}</ref>
His first novel, ''[[Electric Brae (novel)|Electric Brae: A Modern Romance]]'' (1992), was shortlisted for the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.<ref name="waterstones">{{cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=200000600|title=Andrew Greig|publisher=[[Waterstone's]]|accessdate=2011-04-23}}</ref> His next novel, ''[[The Return of John MacNab]]'' (1996) was shortlisted for the [[Romantic Novelists' Association]] Award.<ref name="waterstones"/> His fifth novel, ''[[In Another Light]]'' (2004), won the 2004 [[Saltire Society]] [[Saltire Society Literary Awards|Scottish Book of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Books/Award-Winning-Scottish-Books/Saltire-Society-Literary-Awards|title=Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books|publisher=BooksFromScotland.com|accessdate=2011-04-23}}</ref> ''Fair Helen'' was shortlisted for the [[Walter Scott Prize]] (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bordersbookfestival.org/walter-scott-prize/item/256-walter-scott-prize-2014-short-list |title=Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014 |publisher=Walter Scott Prize |date=4 April 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415074007/http://www.bordersbookfestival.org/walter-scott-prize/item/256-walter-scott-prize-2014-short-list |archivedate=15 April 2014 }}</ref>


==Published work==
==Published work==
===Poetry===
===Poetry===
*''White Boats'' (with Catherine Lucy Czwerkawska) (1973)
*''White Boats'' (with [[Catherine Czerkawska]]) (1973)
*''Men On Ice'' (Canongate 1977)
*''Men On Ice'' (Canongate 1977)
*''Surviving Passages'' (Canongate 1982)
*''Surviving Passages'' (Canongate 1982)
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*''[[In Another Light]]'' (2004)
*''[[In Another Light]]'' (2004)
*''[[Romanno Bridge]]'' (2008)
*''[[Romanno Bridge]]'' (2008)
*''[[Fair Helen]]'' (2013)
*''Fair Helen'' (2013)
*''Rose Nicolson'' (2021)

===Articles===
*''A White Elephant in [[Anstruther]]'', in [[Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster)|Lindsay, Maurice]] (ed.), ''The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment'' 32, November 1983, {{issn|0140-0894}}

==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309013818/http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/blog/interview-andrew-greig/ Interview with Andrew Greig (2 Dec 2010)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309013818/http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/blog/interview-andrew-greig/ Interview with Andrew Greig (2 Dec 2010)]


==References==
==Further reading==
* [[Christopher Rush (writer)|Rush, Christopher]] (1983), ''Elephants in Anstruther: In Search of the Scottish Identity'', in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), ''The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment'' 31, August 1983, pp.&nbsp;43 – 48, {{issn|0140-0894}}
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* [[Alexander Scott (20th-century poet)|Scott, Alexander]] (1984), ''Pink Elephants in Anstruther: Scottish Identity'', in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), ''The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment'' 33, February 1984, pp.&nbsp;3 – 8, {{issn|0140-0894}}
* Corbett, John, "The Stalking Cure: John Buchan, Andrew Greig and John Macnab", in ''Scot Lit'' No. 30, 2004, [[Association for Scottish Literary Studies]], {{issn|0957-5499}}


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Revision as of 13:49, 21 April 2024

For the Scottish rugby union player, see Andrew Greig (rugby union). For the Scottish goalkeeper, see Andy Greig.

Andrew Greig (born 23 September 1951) is a Scottish writer. He was born in Bannockburn, near Stirling,[1] and grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and Scottish Arts Council Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow[citation needed]. He lives in Orkney and Edinburgh and is married to author Lesley Glaister.[2]

Awards

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1972.[3] In 1985, Greig published an account of the successful ascent of the Muztagh Tower in the Himalayas. Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber was shortlisted for the 1996 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.[4]

His first novel, Electric Brae: A Modern Romance (1992), was shortlisted for the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.[5] His next novel, The Return of John MacNab (1996) was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Award.[5] His fifth novel, In Another Light (2004), won the 2004 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award.[6] Fair Helen was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize (2014).[7]

Published work

Poetry

  • White Boats (with Catherine Czerkawska) (1973)
  • Men On Ice (Canongate 1977)
  • Surviving Passages (Canongate 1982)
  • A Flame in your Heart (with Kathleen Jamie) (Bloodaxe 1987)
  • The Order of the Day (Bloodaxe 1989)
  • Western Swing (Bloodaxe c. 1993)
  • Into You (Bloodaxe 2000)
  • This Life, This Life (new and Selected Poems) (Bloodaxe 2006)
  • Getting Higher: The Complete Mountain Poems (Birlinn 2011)

Climbing

  • Men on Ice (1977)
  • Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber (1985)
  • Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge (1986)
  • The Order of the Day (1990)

Non-Fiction

  • Preferred Lies: A Journey to the Heart of Scottish Golf (2006)
  • At the Loch of the Green Corrie (2010)

Fiction

Articles

  • A White Elephant in Anstruther, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 32, November 1983, ISSN 0140-0894

References

  1. ^ Rush, Christopher, "Elephants in Anstruther: In Search of the Scottish Identity", in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 31, August 1983, pp. 43 - 48, ISSN 0140-0894
  2. ^ "Lesley Glaister". www.umbrella2005.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Eric Gregory Past Winners". Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Winning books, shortlisted books and other entries". Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Andrew Greig". Waterstone's. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books". BooksFromScotland.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014". Walter Scott Prize. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

External links

Further reading

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