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==Occupation==
 
==Occupation==
  
Writer
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Writer, Poet, Playwright
  
 
==Notable Achievements==
 
==Notable Achievements==
  
MBE
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MBE, CBE
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Poet and novelist.  Named the Makar (national poet laureate) of Scotland (2016).  Member of the Order of the British Empire, Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.  Author of memoir 'Red Dust Road' (2010). Poetry collection 'Fiere' was shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Prize for poetry and short story collection 'Reality Reality' was published 2012.  Her first book of poetry, the partially autobiographical The Adoption Papers, was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. Other awards include the 1994 Somerset Maugham Award for 'Other Lovers', and the Guardian First Book Award Fiction Prize for 'Trumpet', based on the life of American jazz musician [[Billy Tipton]].
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Poet and novelist.  Named the Makar (national poet laureate) of Scotland (2016).  Chancellor of the University of Salford (2014).  Member of the Order of the British Empire, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2020). Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.  Author of memoir 'Red Dust Road' (2010). Poetry collection 'Fiere' was shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Prize for poetry and short story collection 'Reality Reality' was published 2012.  Her first book of poetry, the partially autobiographical 'The Adoption Papers', was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. Other awards include the 1994 Somerset Maugham Award for 'Other Lovers', and the Guardian First Book Award Fiction Prize for 'Trumpet', based on the life of American jazz musician [[Billy Tipton]].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
* [[Poet Laureates From Around the World Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
 
* [[Poet Laureates From Around the World Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Teachers of Creative Writing Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education]]
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* [[Notable LGBTQ Playwrights]]
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* [[Short Story Writers from the LGBTQ Community]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 16:10, 3 December 2023

Jackie Kay

Country

Scotland

Birth - Death

1961 -

Occupation

Writer, Poet, Playwright

Notable Achievements

MBE, CBE

Description

Poet and novelist. Named the Makar (national poet laureate) of Scotland (2016). Chancellor of the University of Salford (2014). Member of the Order of the British Empire, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2020). Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University. Author of memoir 'Red Dust Road' (2010). Poetry collection 'Fiere' was shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Prize for poetry and short story collection 'Reality Reality' was published 2012. Her first book of poetry, the partially autobiographical 'The Adoption Papers', was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. Other awards include the 1994 Somerset Maugham Award for 'Other Lovers', and the Guardian First Book Award Fiction Prize for 'Trumpet', based on the life of American jazz musician Billy Tipton.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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