Andrew Greig Explained
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. 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
External links
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,
- 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,
- Corbett, John, "The Stalking Cure: John Buchan, Andrew Greig and John Macnab", in Scot Lit No. 30, 2004, Association for Scottish Literary Studies,
Notes and References
- [Christopher Rush (writer)|Rush, Christophe]
- Web site: Lesley Glaister . www.umbrella2005.org.uk . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051026225603/http://www.umbrella2005.org.uk/speakers/LesleyGlaister.html . 26 October 2005 . dead.
- Web site: Eric Gregory Past Winners. Society of Authors. 2011-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20140327205725/http://societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners. 27 March 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Winning books, shortlisted books and other entries. Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. 2011-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110516112607/http://www.boardmantasker.com/site/other_years.htm#1996. 16 May 2011. dead.
- Web site: Andrew Greig. Waterstone's. 2011-04-23.
- Web site: Saltire Society Literary Awards - Winning Books. BooksFromScotland.com. 2011-04-23.
- Web site: Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014 . Walter Scott Prize . 4 April 2014 . 27 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415074007/http://www.bordersbookfestival.org/walter-scott-prize/item/256-walter-scott-prize-2014-short-list . 15 April 2014 .