Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray was born on 28 December 1934 in Riddrie, a district of Glasgow, the son of a cardboard-folding worker, and graduated from the art school of his city. For thirty years he lived on mural painting, theatre sets and portraits, writing in the evenings a book that he began at twenty and published at forty-six. He illustrated his books himself, taught writing at the university and defended socialism and Scottish independence. He died on 29 December 2019 in Govan, the day after his eighty-fifth birthday.

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• NovelLanark: A Life in Four BooksAlasdair Gray · 1981Literature