Irvine Welsh
Autor(a) de Trainspotting
About the Author
Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh on September 27, 1958. After leaving school, he lived in London for awhile, but eventually returned to Edinburgh where he worked for the city council in the housing department. He received a degree in computer science and studied for an MBA at Heriot Watt mostrar mais University. His first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993 and was adapted as a film starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle in 1996. He became a full-time writer in August 1995. His other works include The Acid House (1994), Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance (1996), Filth (1998), Glue (2001), and Porno (2002). He also wrote the plays Headstate (1994) and You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998). (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1958-09-27
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Scotland
- País (no mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Locais de residência
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dublin, Ireland
London, England, UK
Miami, Florida, USA - Educação
- Ainslie Park Secondary School
City and Guilds (Electrical Engineering)
Heriot-Watt University (MBA) - Ocupações
- writer
- Organizações
- Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (advisor)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Prix Italia (1998)
Tennent Golden Can Award (2017)
Membros
Discussions
Trainspotting em Folio Society Devotees (Julho 2023)
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Five star books (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
1990s (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 35
- Also by
- 16
- Membros
- 21,169
- Popularidade
- #1,022
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 265
- ISBN
- 511
- Línguas
- 29
- Marcado como favorito
- 118