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Poets'
A-Z » Robert Alan
Jamieson
Alan Jamieson was born in 1958 in the
crofting community of Sandness on Shetland. After publishing
two novels (Soor Hearts and Thin Wealth)
and a collection of poetry, Shoormal, during the
1980s, Alan Jamieson studied English Literature at the University
of Edinburgh as a mature student, before taking up the William
Soutar Fellowship in Perth (1993-96). He co-edited Edinburgh
Review from 1993 until 1998, and was Creative Writing Fellow
at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, 1998-2001.
He currently teaches on the Creative Writing
course at Edinburgh University. His most recent publications
are a collaboration with the painter Graeme Todd, Mount
Hiddenabyss (Fruitmarket Gallery, 2000), and Ansin
T’Sjaetlin: some responses to the language question
(Samisdat, 2005).
 
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