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Duncan McLean

ダンカン・マクリーン

Dan'kan Makurēn

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964 （Fraserburgh）
Nationality
Scottish
Languages
English
Residence History
Fraserburgh (birth) → Edinburgh (1980s) → Orkney (1992-present)

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor, wine merchant, musician
Active Years
1984-
Affiliations
Clocktower Press, Abersee Press, National Theatre of Scotland
Influenced By
James Kelman, Richard Brautigan, Knut Hamsun
Influenced
Irvine Welsh
Nominations
Perrier Comedy Award nomination (twice)

Awards

Somerset Maugham Award
1993
Work: Bucket of Tongues
Organization: Somerset Maugham Award
Result: 受賞
Scottish Arts Council Book Award
1998
Organization: Scottish Arts Council
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bucket of Tongues

1992 short stories

Collection of short stories featuring working-class Scottish youth.

working classdrugsviolencealienation

Blackden

1994 novel

Coming-of-age novel.

coming-of-agealienation

Bunker Man

1995 novel

Story of a man living in a bunker.

isolationviolence

Bibliography

  • Bucket of Tongues (1992)
  • Blackden (1994)
  • Bunker Man (1995)
  • Lone Star Swing (1998)
  • Plays 1 (1999)
  • Dark Island (2017)

Adaptations

  • The Doubles (1992, BBC)
  • Quality Control (1997, Channel 4)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
colloquialScottish dialectexperimental
Recurring Motifs
working-class lifedrugs and alcoholviolence and alienationdance music

Legacy

Known as part of the 'Beats of Edinburgh', acclaimed for depicting working-class youth. Founded Clocktower Press to promote new Scottish writers.

In Popular Culture

  • Supported early publication of Trainspotting

Trivia

  • Member of Merry Mac Fun Co., nominated for Perrier Comedy Award
  • Founded Orkney Wine Festival
  • Won UK Restaurant Wine Supplier of the Year