Alasdair Gray (1934–2019)
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Alasdair James Gray was born on Dec. 28, 1934, in Glasgow to Amy (Fleming) and Alexander Gray. His mother worked in a clothing warehouse, his father in construction. Mr. Gray studied design and mural painting at the Glasgow College of Art. When he graduated in 1957, he was commissioned to paint näytä lisää murals around Glasgow, which he continued to create until 2014. He worked on freelance projects and also wrote plays before publishing his first novel. Whether he was creating etchings for his books or a mural to adorn the ceiling of the Glasgow arts and entertainment venue Oran Mor, Mr. Gray created an unusual niche for himself encompassing Scotland's literary and artistic spheres. While his murals can be found at subway stops and restaurants in Glasgow, some of his works are in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland. In addition to writing fiction, poems and plays for the stage, television and radio Mr. Gray published an autobiography, A Life in Pictures, in 2010. It combined photos, written descriptions and lavish illustrations to reveal that much of Mr. Gray's personal life was embedded in his work. Alasdair James Gray passed away on December 29, 2019 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Photograph: Eamonn McCabe
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Associated Works
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories (2006) — Avustaja — 59 kappaletta
Where Rockets Burn Through: Contemporary Science Fiction Poems from the UK (2012) — Esipuhe — 10 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Gray, Alasdair
- Virallinen nimi
- Gray, Alasdair James
- Syntymäaika
- 1934-12-28
- Kuolinaika
- 2019-12-29
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Riddrie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital)
- Asuinpaikat
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Koulutus
- Glasgow College of Art (Dipl.|1957)
- Ammatit
- artist
novelist
author - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Scottish Book of the Year Award (1982, 2011)
Saltire Society Scottish Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
Whitbread Novel Award (1992)
Guardian Fiction Prize (1992) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Alasdair James Gray was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark, 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.
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Poor Things: Read the extraordinary book behind the… Tekijä: Alasdair Gray
Big nope. Thought the film adaptation looked smug and pretentious but defaulting to the novel didn't inspire me either, sadly. This is basically an old man's ranty rant about history and society disguised as a commentary on the treatment of women: 'You think you are about to possess what men have hopelessly yearned for throughout the ages: the soul of an innocent, trusting, dependent child inside the opulent body of a radiantly lovely woman.' Gray also crams every nineteenth century literary device known to man into first half of the book, before flipping the narrative to sneer at those Victorian tropes - and repeating the same old rants from a supposedly feminist perspective. Yawn. I'm glad Emma Stone and the costume designer got something out of the film, but I definitely won't be wasting any more time on Alisdair Gray's griping.… (lisätietoja)
2024 movie #59. 2023. Very strange retelling of the Frankenstein's monster story with Emma Stone as the monster. Good movie but weird. Stone deserved her Oscar for her work here as it looked like a very hard role to play and see did it very well. #PoorThingsFilm
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