Valerie Gillies | |
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Born | 1948 Alberta, Canada |
Occupation | Poet, radio and television writer |
Notable works | 'Tweed Journey Each Bright Eye The Ringing Rock The Lightning Tree |
Website | |
valeriegillies |
Valerie Gillies (born 1948) is a Canadian-born poet who grew up in Scotland. She was the second Edinburgh Makar ( Edinburgh's poet laureate) from 2005 to 2008. [1] Gillies has written for literary and arts reviews, the theatre, and BBC radio and television, and has worked with visual artists and musicians. [2] She has also taught creative writing extensively. [3]
Gillies was born in Alberta, Canada, but grew up in southern Scotland. [1] She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Edinburgh. [4] She also studied traditional Sanskrit dramas in Mysore, India. [5]
She lives in Edinburgh and is married to William Gillies, a Celtic scholar, with whom she has had three children: two daughters and a son. [6]
As well as publishing collections of poetry and appearing in various Faber and Penguin anthologies. In 1992, Gillies was appointed Writer in Residence for Midlothian and East Lothian [2] in a scheme promoted by the two districts that was supported by the Scottish Arts Council. [7] Her other residencies include The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, various district libraries and a large psychiatric hospital.
She was poet laureate ad vitam of the Trimontium Trust in 2002 [5] and the second Edinburgh Makar (Edinburgh's poet laureate) from 2005 to 2008. [1]
In 2005, Gillies received a Creative Scotland Award to write The Spring Teller (2009), a book of poems inspired by Scotland's wells and springs. [8]
She spent 2009–10 and 2013–14 researching and writing as an associate of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. [9]
Valerie Gillies | |
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Born | 1948 Alberta, Canada |
Occupation | Poet, radio and television writer |
Notable works | 'Tweed Journey Each Bright Eye The Ringing Rock The Lightning Tree |
Website | |
valeriegillies |
Valerie Gillies (born 1948) is a Canadian-born poet who grew up in Scotland. She was the second Edinburgh Makar ( Edinburgh's poet laureate) from 2005 to 2008. [1] Gillies has written for literary and arts reviews, the theatre, and BBC radio and television, and has worked with visual artists and musicians. [2] She has also taught creative writing extensively. [3]
Gillies was born in Alberta, Canada, but grew up in southern Scotland. [1] She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Edinburgh. [4] She also studied traditional Sanskrit dramas in Mysore, India. [5]
She lives in Edinburgh and is married to William Gillies, a Celtic scholar, with whom she has had three children: two daughters and a son. [6]
As well as publishing collections of poetry and appearing in various Faber and Penguin anthologies. In 1992, Gillies was appointed Writer in Residence for Midlothian and East Lothian [2] in a scheme promoted by the two districts that was supported by the Scottish Arts Council. [7] Her other residencies include The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, various district libraries and a large psychiatric hospital.
She was poet laureate ad vitam of the Trimontium Trust in 2002 [5] and the second Edinburgh Makar (Edinburgh's poet laureate) from 2005 to 2008. [1]
In 2005, Gillies received a Creative Scotland Award to write The Spring Teller (2009), a book of poems inspired by Scotland's wells and springs. [8]
She spent 2009–10 and 2013–14 researching and writing as an associate of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. [9]