James Kelman

Novelist, Author

1946 –

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Who is James Kelman?

James Kelman is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays, and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize with How Late It Was, How Late In 1998 Kelman was awarded the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award. His 2008 novel Kieron Smith, Boy won both of Scotland's principal literary awards: the Saltire Society's Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year.

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Born
Jun 9, 1946
Glasgow
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of Strathclyde
Lived in
  • Glasgow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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