Alasdair Gray

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1934-12-26

Deathday 2019-12-27 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland

Alasdair Gray

Biography

Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature. His works of fiction combine realism, fantasy, and science fiction with the use of his own typography and illustrations, and won several awards.

Known For

Writer

2023
Poor Things

as Novel

1975