Alasdair Gray
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 26, 1934
Day of Death: December 27, 2019 (85 years old)
Place of Birth: Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature. His works of fiction combine realism, fantasy, and science fiction with the use of his own typography and illustrations, and won several awards.
