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Andrew Greig

Andrew Greig

Scottish writer

For the Scottish rugby union player, see Andrew Greig (rugby union). For the Scottish goalkeeper, see Andy Greig.

Andrew Greig (born 23 September 1951) is a Scottish writer. He was born in Bannockburn, near Stirling,[1] and grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and Scottish Arts Council Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow[citation needed]. He lives in Orkney and Edinburgh and is married to author Lesley Glaister.[2]

Awards

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1972.[3] In 1985, Greig published an account of the successful ascent of the Muztagh Tower in the Himalayas. Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber was shortlisted for the 1996 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.[4]

His first novel, Electric Brae: A Modern Romance (1992), was shortlisted for the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year.[5] His next novel, The Return of John MacNab (1996) was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Award.[5] His fifth novel, In Another Light (2004), won the 2004 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award.[6] Fair Helen was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize (2014).[7]

Published work

Poetry

  • White Boats (with Catherine Czerkawska) (1973)
  • Men On Ice (Canongate 1977)
  • Surviving Passages (Canongate 1982)
  • A Flame in your Heart (with Kathleen Jamie) (Bloodaxe 1987)
  • The Order of the Day (Bloodaxe 1989)
  • Western Swing (Bloodaxe c. 1993)
  • Into You (Bloodaxe 2000)
  • This Life, This Life (new and Selected Poems) (Bloodaxe 2006)
  • Getting Higher: The Complete Mountain Poems (Birlinn 2011)

Climbing

  • Men on Ice (1977)
  • Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber (1985)
  • Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge (1986)
  • The Order of the Day (1990)

Non-Fiction

  • Preferred Lies: A Journey to the Heart of Scottish Golf (2006)
  • At the Loch of the Green Corrie (2010)

Fiction

Articles

  • A White Elephant in Anstruther, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 32, November 1983, ISSN 0140-0894

References

  1. [1]
    Rush, Christopher, "Elephants in Anstruther: In Search of the Scottish Identity", in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 31, August 1983, pp. 43 - 48, ISSN 0140-0894
  2. [2]
    "Lesley Glaister". www.umbrella2005.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Eric Gregory Past Winners". Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Winning books, shortlisted books and other entries". Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Andrew Greig". Waterstone's. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books". BooksFromScotland.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014". Walter Scott Prize. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

Further reading

  • Rush, Christopher (1983), Elephants in Anstruther: In Search of the Scottish Identity, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 31, August 1983, pp. 43 – 48, ISSN 0140-0894
  • Scott, Alexander (1984), Pink Elephants in Anstruther: Scottish Identity, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 33, February 1984, pp. 3 – 8, ISSN 0140-0894
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