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William McIlvanney

ウィリアム・マキルヴァニー

Uiriamu Makiruvuanī

Aliases: Gus

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-11-25 （Kilmarnock）
Died
2015-12-05 （Glasgow） age 79
Nationality
Scottish
Languages
English
Residence History
Kilmarnock → Glasgow

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, journalist
Active Years
1966-2015
Influenced
Ian Rankin

Education

Kilmarnock Academy
General Education
Country: Scotland
High school
University of Glasgow
English
Degree: MA
Period: 1950年代後半-1960
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: Scotland

Awards

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
1967
Work: Remedy is None
Organization: Faber
Result: 受賞
Scottish Arts Council Book Award
1968
Work: A Gift from Nessus
Organization: Scottish Arts Council
Result: 受賞
Scottish Arts Council Book Award
1975
Work: Docherty
Organization: Scottish Arts Council
Result: 受賞
Whitbread Award for Best Novel
1975
Work: Docherty
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Whitbread
Result: 受賞
CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction
1977
Work: Laidlaw
Organization: Crime Writers' Association
Result: 受賞
CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction
1983
Work: The Papers of Tony Veitch
Organization: Crime Writers' Association
Result: 受賞
Glasgow Herald People's Prize
1990
Work: Walking Wounded
Organization: Glasgow Herald
Result: 受賞
BAFTA
1990
Work: Dreaming
Category: screen adaptation
Organization: BAFTA
Result: 受賞
Glasgow Herald People's Prize
1992
Work: Strange Loyalties
Organization: Glasgow Herald
Result: 受賞
Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award
1996
Work: The Kiln
Organization: Saltire Society
Result: 受賞
Saltire Society Fletcher of Saltoun Award
2013
Category: outstanding contribution to Scotland's life and culture
Organization: Saltire Society
Result: 受賞
Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award
2013
Category: writing
Organization: Glenfiddich
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Docherty

1975 novel

Portrait of a miner whose courage and endurance is tested during the depression.

working classcourageendurance

Laidlaw

1977 crime novel

First Tartan Noir novel featuring Inspector Jack Laidlaw.

Glasgowcrimemorality

Strange Loyalties

1991 crime novel

Third in the Laidlaw series.

loyaltiesviolence

The Big Man

1985 novel

Story of an unemployed man who turns to bare-knuckle fighting.

unemploymentstruggleidentity
Adaptations
  • [film] The Big Man / David Leland (1990)

Bibliography

  • Remedy is None
  • A Gift from Nessus
  • Docherty
  • Laidlaw
  • The Papers of Tony Veitch
  • Strange Loyalties
  • The Big Man
  • The Kiln
  • Weekend
  • Walking Wounded
  • The Longships in Harbour: Poems
  • In Through the Head
  • Surviving the Shipwreck
  • Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956–1986
  • The Dark Remains

Adaptations

  • The Big Man (1990 film)
  • Dreaming (1990 BBC adaptation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
gritty yet poetic literatureportrayal of Glasgow in the 1970sworking-class perspective
Recurring Motifs
tough, violent menclass strugglestruggle with nature and background

Health

  • short illness
    2015
    led to death at age 79

Legacy

Regarded as the father of Tartan Noir and Scotland's Camus. The McIlvanney Prize is named after him.

Archives

  • National Library of Scotland

In Popular Culture

  • McIlvanney Prize awarded by Bloody Scotland

Trivia

  • Known as Gus by friends.
  • Strong socialist opposed to Thatcherism.
  • Son Liam McIlvanney is also a crime writer.
  • Brother Hugh McIlvanney was a sports journalist.