320- ] English Literature
Died December 29,
2019
Websitehttp://alasdairgray.info/
Genre Science Fiction
& Fantasy, Fiction
Alasdair James Gray 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.
He studied at Glasgow
School of Art from 1952 to 1957. As well as his book illustrations, he painted
portraits and murals. His artwork has been widely exhibited and is in several
important collections. Before Lanark, he had plays performed on radio and TV.
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