Alan Riach
Alan Riach is a Scottish poet and academic.
He was born in 1957 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, and was educated at Gravesend Grammar School for Boys, Churchill College, Cambridge (BA 1979)[1] and the University of Glasgow (PhD). He taught at the University of Waikato in New Zealand from 1986 until 2001.[2] He is currently the Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow.[3][4]
Publications
- This Folding Map (AUP, 1990)
- An Open Return (Untold Books, 1991)
- First & Last Songs (Chapman, 1995)
- Clearances (Scottish Cultural Press, 2001)
- Homecoming: new poems 2001-2009 (Luath, 2009)
References
- ↑ Guardian, 21 June 1979.
- ↑ http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/alan-riach
- ↑ "Scottish Poetry Library". Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ "University of Glasgow :: School of Critical Studies :: Our staff :: Prof Alan Riach". Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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