Robert Alan Jamieson
Robert Alan Jamieson (born 1958) is a poet and novelist from Shetland, Scotland. He grew up in the crofting community of Sandness.[1] He works as a creative writing tutor at Edinburgh University,[2] having been co-editor of the Edinburgh Review in 1993–1998 and a creative writing fellow at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde in 1998–2001.[3][4]
Novels
[edit]- Soor Hearts (1984)
- Thin Wealth (1986)
- A Day at the Office (1991), named by Edinburgh-based List Magazine among the 100 Best Scottish Books of All Time: "Each page of this book – a precursor to much modern experimental Scottish fiction – looks more like a work of art than a novel."[5]
- Da Happie Laand (2010)
- MacCloud Falls (2017)
Poetry
[edit]Jamieson writes in the Shetland dialect of Scots. Some of his works are:
- Shoormal (1986)
- Nort Atlantik Drift (1999), reprinted in a bilingual edition in 2007. Includes "Laamint fir da tristie", which was selected as a poem of the week at The Scotsman in June 2008.[6]
- Ansin t'Sjaetlin: some responses to the language question (2005)
- Plague Clothes (2020)
Theatre
[edit]- An Aald Lion Lies Doon (1986)
- Beyond the Far Haaf (1989), Libretto for a symphonic cantata, music by David Ward.)
Anthologies
[edit]- (Contributor) Pax Edina: The One O' Clock Gun Anthology (Edinburgh, 2010)[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Participants: Robert Alan Jamieson". Stanza Poetry Festival. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Edinburgh University profile".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Poets' A-Z » Robert Alan Jamieson". Scottish Poetry Library. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
- ^ Robert Alan Jamieson. "Stitched Up". Textualities.net.
- ^ "Robert Alan Jamieson – A Day at the Office (1991)". The List. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Poem of the week: Robert Alan Jamieson". The Scotsman. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
- ^ "The One O'Clock Gun". Leamington Books. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013.
