Andrew Greig

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Andrew Greig (born 23 September 1951 in Bannockburn, Scotland) is a Scottish writer. He grew up in Anstruther, Fife. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and is a former Glasgow University Writing Fellow and Scottish Arts Council Scottish/Canadian Exchange Fellow.

He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1972. In 1985, Greig published an account of the successful ascent of the Mustagh Tower, Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber, which was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker prize.

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

He lives in Orkney, South Queensferry and Sheffield.

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[edit] Published work

[edit] Poetry

  • White Boats (with Catherine Lucy Czwerkawska) (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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Golf

  • Preferred Lies: A Journey to the Heart of Scottish Golf (2006)

[edit] Fiction

[edit] External links


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NAME Greig, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish writer
DATE OF BIRTH 23 September 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Bannockburn, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH


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