Irvine Welsh
Auteur de Trainspotting
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Irvine Welsh
Days Like This: A Portrait of Scotland Through the Extraordinary Stories of Its People (2009) 8 exemplaires
Rebel Inc.: Sampled - Writing From the Edge (Arena) 2 exemplaires
Siyam ikizlerinin Seks Yasami 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Hontes : confessions impudiques mises en scène par les auteurs (2003) — Contributeur — 280 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1958-09-27
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Scotland
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dublin, Ireland
London, England, UK
Miami, Florida, USA - Études
- Ainslie Park Secondary School
City and Guilds (Electrical Engineering)
Heriot-Watt University (MBA) - Professions
- writer
- Organisations
- Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (advisor)
- Prix et distinctions
- Prix Italia (1998)
Tennent Golden Can Award (2017)
Membres
Discussions
Trainspotting à Folio Society Devotees (Juillet 2023)
Critiques
Listes
BBC Big Read (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
Five star books (1)
1990s (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 36
- Aussi par
- 16
- Membres
- 21,333
- Popularité
- #1,015
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 264
- ISBN
- 511
- Langues
- 28
- Favoris
- 118