Alasdair Gray
Scottish writer and artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alasdair Gray (28 December 1934 ā 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark, published in 1981, was written over almost 30 years. It was described by The Guardian as "one of the landmarks of 20th-century fiction."[1]
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Born | (1934-12-28)28 December 1934 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 29 December 2019(2019-12-29) (aged 85) Glasgow, Scotland |
Occupation | Novelist, artist, playwright, academic, teacher, poet, muralist, illustrator |
Genre | Science fiction, dystopianism, surrealism, realism |
Literary movement | Postmodern literature |
Notable works | Lanark: A Life in Four Books 1982, Janine Poor Things The Book of Prefaces |
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Gray died at a hospital in Glasgow of pneumonia-related problems on 29 December 2019, a day after his 85th birthday.[2]