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| William McIlvanney | |
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 McIlvanney at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013 | |
| Born | William Angus McIlvanney 25 November 1936 Kilmarnock, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 5 December 2015 (aged 79) Glesga, Scotland |
| Eddication | Glesga Varsity |
| Notable warks | Docherty (1975), Laidlaw (1977), Strange Loyalties (1991) |
| Bairns | Liam McIlvanney (son) |
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William McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) wis a Scots novelist, short story scriever, an makar.[1] He wis kent as Gus by friends and acquaintances.[2] McIlvanney wis a champion o gritty yet poetic leiteratur; his warks Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, an Walking Wounded is aa weel-kent for their shawin o Glesga in the 1970s. He is regairdit as "the faither o Tartan Noir" an as Scotland's Camus.
- ↑ "Scotland's Writers - William McIlvanney". BBC Writing Scotland. Retrieved 24 Mey 2013.
- ↑ "William McIlvanney: not just godfather of 'Tartan Noir' but lion of literature". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2015.