Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray (28. 12. 1934 - 2019) je škotski pisac i umjetnik. Najpoznatije djelo mu je debitantski roman Lanark, koju je godine 1981. izdao nakon gotovo tri decenije pisanja. Danas se smatra jednim od klasika književnost, a njegiv roman Poor Things (1992) je dobio Whitbreadovu nagradu^[1] i Guardianovu nagradu za beletristiku.^[2]

Grayova djela kombiniraju realizam, fantasy i science fiction, kao i vješto korištenje tipografije i vlastitih ilustracija. Također je pisao političke spise - kao zagovornik socijalizma i nezavisne Škotske - kao i o historiji engleske književnosti.

Književna djela

Romani

• Lanark (1981)
• 1982, Janine (1984)
• The Fall of Kelvin Walker (1985)
• Something Leather (1990)
• McGrotty and Ludmilla (1990)
• Poor Things (1992)
• A History Maker (1994)
• Mavis Belfrage (1996)
• Old Men In Love (2007)

Novele

• Lean Tales (1985) (koautori James Kelmani and Agnes Owens)
• Unlikely Stories, Mostly (1983)
• Ten Tales Tall & True (1993)
• Mavis Belfrage (1996)
• The Ends of Our Tethers (2003)

Poezija

• Old Negatives (1989)
• Sixteen Occasional Poems (2000)

Publicistika

• Why Scots Should Rule Scotland (1992; revidirano 1997)
• The Book of Prefaces (ed.) (2000)
• Alasdair Gray: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography (2001; koautor Gray.)
• How We Should Rule Ourselves (2005)

Dramski tekstovi (nepotpuno)

Teatar

• Dialogue - A Duet (1971)
• The Loss Of The Golden Silence (1973)
• Homeward Bound - A Trio for Female Chauvinists (1973)
• Sam Lang and Miss Watson - A One Act Sexual Comedy In Four Scenes (1973)
• McGrotty and Ludmilla (1986)
• Working Legs: A Play for Those Without Them (1997)
• Goodbye Jimmy (2006)

Televizija

• Dialogue - A Duet (1972)
• Today and Yesterday
• Martin (Play)

Radio

• Dialogue - A Duet (1969)
• The Loss Of The Golden Silence (1973)

Reference

Vanjske veze

• Official website Arhivirano 2012-06-15 na Wayback Machine-u
• Alasdair Gray na Projektu Open Directory

Bibliografija

• Bernard Sellin (coord.), Voices from Modern Scotland: Janice Galloway, Alasdair Gray, CRINI (Centre de Recherche sur les Identités Nationales et l'Interculturalité), Nantes, 2007, 143 p., ISBN 2-916424-10-5.