Margaret Elphinstone

Margaret Elphinstone (born September 23, 1948 in Kent , England) is a Scottish writer.

Life

Margaret Elphinstone was born in Kent. She attended Queen's College in London and the University of Durham . The author teaches English literature and creative writing at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Her academic research interests are Scottish writers and the literature of the islands off Scotland.

Extended study trips took Margaret Elphinstone to Iceland , Greenland , Labrador and the USA. She lived on the Shetland Islands for eight years and is the mother of two children.

Before the author received her professorship in Glasgow in 2003, she worked in various places in a wide variety of jobs. Some of these works inspired her to publish:

• Islanders is based on their involvement in archaeological digs on the Shetland island of Papa Stour .
• Two gardening books were created after working as a gardener in Galloway .
• Voyageurs came about after spending a year at Central Michigan University and after canoeing adventures on the Ottawa .

Works

• Spinning the green. Short story 1985.
• The Incomer or Clachanpluck. Roman, 1987, ISBN 0-7043-4070-4 .
• A Sparrow's Flight. Roman, 1989, ISBN 0-7486-6025-9 .
• An Apple from a Tree. Short stories 1991, ISBN 0-7043-4281-2 .
• Islanders. Roman, 1994, ISBN 0-7486-6178-6 .
• The Sea Road. Roman 2000 (German 2001: The Way to Vinland ).
• Hy Brasil. Roman 2002 (German 2004: Island Notes ).
• Voyageurs. Roman 2003 (German 2006: Upstream ).
• Light. Roman, Canongate, Edinburgh / New York 2006, ISBN 1-84195-805-0 .

Prices

for islanders

• 1990: Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary
• 1991: Scottish Arts Council Travel Award

for The Sea Road

• 1993: Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary
• 1994: Scottish Arts Council Travel Award
• 2001: Scottish Arts Council Spring Book Award

for Hy Brasil

• 1997: Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary

for voyageurs

• 2000: Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary

literature

• Margaret Elphinstone: Upstream. List Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-548-60636-9 , p. 2 below.

Web links

• Margaret Elphinstone's website
• Margaret Elphinstone at booksfromscotland.com
• Margaret Elphinstone in Contemporary Writers in the UK
• Scottish Arts Council

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Margaret Norah Elphinstone on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.