Alan Warner

Kirsty Macdonald (UHI Millenium Institute Orkney)

Ed. by J. Derrick McClure, University of Aberdeen
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 1964
Activity 1995-ongoing

Places

Born in Scotland
Active in England; Ireland, Republic of (Eire); Scotland

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

Warner's Works

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Alan Warner made his debut on the Scottish literary scene with his novel

Morvern Callar

in 1995. He was hailed as the new Irvine Welsh, and as part of the growing group of Scottish writers concerned with challenging stereotypes and questioning conventional morality. Warner began his working life as a train driver in his home town of Oban, and the town, features of which have been extrapolated to become “The Port” in his fiction, has proven a wealthy source of inspiration. He repeatedly marries urban and rural experiences in an often unhappy wedlock. The Port, his small west coast fishing town where poverty and prosperity exist side by side, proves the ideal location for the exploration of these dual concerns.

Morvern Callar relates the story of a 21-year-old woman from The Port.

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Citation: Macdonald, Kirsty. "Alan Warner". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5963, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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