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'''Andrew Greig''' (born 23 September 1951 |
'''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> |
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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]. He lives in Orkney and Edinburgh and is married to author Lesley Glaister.[1]
Awards
He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1972.[2] 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.[3]
His first novel, Electric Brae: A Modern Romance (1992), was shortlisted for the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.[4] His next novel, The Return of John MacNab (1996) was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Award.[4] His fifth novel, In Another Light (2004), won the 2004 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award.[5] Fair Helen was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize (2014).[6]
Published work
Poetry
- White Boats (with Catherine Lucy Czwerkawska) (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
- Electric Brae: A Modern Romance (1992)
- The Return of John MacNab (1996)
- When They Lay Bare (1999)
- That Summer (2000) (published as The Clouds Above : A Novel of Love and War in some markets)
- In Another Light (2004)
- Romanno Bridge (2008)
- Fair Helen (2013)
External links
References
- ^ http://www.umbrella2005.org.uk/speakers/LesleyGlaister.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Eric Gregory Past Winners". Society of Authors. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books". BooksFromScotland.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014". Walter Scott Prize. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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