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Jacqueline Margaret Kay, CBE, FRSE, FRSL (born 9 November 1961), is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works Other Lovers (1993), Trumpet (1998) and Red Dust Road (2011). [1] [2] Kay has won many awards, including the Somerset Maugham Award in 1994, the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1998 and the Scottish Mortgage ...
Jackie Kay, pseudonimo di Jacqueline Margaret Kay (Edimburgo, 9 novembre 1961), è una poeta, drammaturga e scrittrice scozzese. Nota per le sue opere Other Lovers (1993), Trumpet (1998) e Red Dust Road (2011). Kay ha vinto numerosi premi, tra cui il Guardian Fiction Prize nel 1998 e lo Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the ...
Jackie Kay lives in Manchester and is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University. In 2006, she was awarded an MBE for services to literature. In 2014 she was appointed Chancellor of the University of Salford, where she has been the University 'Writer in Residence' since 2015.
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Kay was commissioned to write a poem for the Scottish Poetry Library’s anthology of contemporary Scottish poets’ responses to Burns on his 250th anniversary in 2009, choosing ‘John Anderson my jo’, leading to her poem, ‘Fiere’ which came out of a love of reciting Burns’ poems and songs, and a celebration of strong friendships ...
Jackie Kay (b. 1961) is an award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays, whose subtle investigation into the complexities of identity have been informed by her own life. Born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and Nigerian father, she was adopted as a baby by a white couple.
6 feb 2021 · On my radar: Jackie Kay's cultural highlights. The Scottish poet laureate on the joy of Bridgerton, her lifelong love of Ella Fitzgerald, and an inventive Shakespearean memoir. Kadish Morris.
19 lug 2017 · Writing. Jackie Kay, 2016 (Photo: First Minister of Scotland, CC BY-NC 2.0) Since her first attempt at writing a novel aged twelve – One Person, Two Names – Kay has written a myriad of works for adults and children: two novels, several poetry and short-story collections, a memoir, an autobiography, and plays for the stage and radio.
