Luke Sutherland

Luke Sutherland (* 1971 in London ) is a Scottish author and musician born in England .

biography

Sutherland was raised in Orkney and Blairgowrie , Perth and Kinross by his Scottish adoptive parents who moved from Lincolnshire to Scotland in 1876 . He attended Glasgow University , where he studied English acting. He is a musician and songwriter and was a founding member of Long Fin Killie, with whom he released three albums. He then founded the band Bows, which released two albums. As a member of the band Mogwai , he played the violin and accompanied her on several tours. Music AM, Jomi Massage and We Can Love You are his current music projects.

Sutherland's debut novel, Jelly Roll , was nominated for the 1998 Whitbread Prize for the first novel category. His novella Venus As A Boy (2004) extensively recounts Sutherland's own childhood in the Orkney Islands, where he was the only Scottish African.

bibliography

• Jelly Roll , Anchor (1998)
• Sweetmeat , Anchor (2002)
• Venus as a Boy , Bloomsbury (2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Black Scottish novelist and pan-European indie-pop star Luke Sutherland"
2. ↑ The Guardian - "... my parents' nationality - they are both (lowland) Scottish ..."; "... he regaled us with tales of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the continuing wars of independence. I identified with the Scottish cause, bristled with a measure of patriotic pride."
3. ↑ Luca Prono: Luke Sutherland . In: Contemporary Writers . British Council. 2005. Archived from the original on October 1st, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 11, 2008. 

Web links

• Biography , British Arts Council