A Life In Pictures

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award by the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five. Klappentext Simply one of the best and most respected authors of modern times. Be thankful he just can't stop writing. Since 1981, when Alasdair Gray's first novel (Lanark: A Life in Four Books) was published by Canongate, he has published over twenty books, most of them novels and short stories. In his own words, 'Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glaswegian pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and designing books, most of them fiction.' The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray Zusammenfassung The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray

Product details

• Authors: Alasdair Gray, Gray Alasdair
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2010
• EAN: 9781841956404
• ISBN: 978-1-84195-640-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 270 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography: arts & entertainment, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Autobiography: writers