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Carl MacDougall (1941–2023)

Author of The Devil and the Giro: Two Centuries of Scottish Stories

15+ Works 179 Members 1 Review

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Works by Carl MacDougall

The Devil and the Giro: Two Centuries of Scottish Stories (1989) — Editor — 60 copies

Lights Below, The (1993) 21 copies

The Giant Book of Scottish Short Stories (1989) — Editor — 21 copies

Stone Over Water (1989) 15 copies

Writing Scotland (2004) 10 copies, 1 review

Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity (1999) 10 copies

The Casanova Papers (1996) 9 copies

Someone Always Robs the Poor (2017) 9 copies

Scots: The Language of the People (2006) 8 copies

Glasgow's Glasgow: The Words and the Stones (1990) 7 copies

A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening: New Writing Scotland 30 (2012) — Editor — 4 copies

A scent of water (1975) 2 copies

A collection of lesser-known Scottish folk tales 1 copy

Behind the Lines: Anthology of New Scottish Poetry and Prose (1989) 1 copy

Already, Too Late (2023) 1 copy

Associated Works

Streets of Stone (1985) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1941-04-05
Date of death: 2023-04-04
Gender: male
Education: Nerston residential school, East Kilbride
Possilpark school, Glasgow
Occupations: novelist
short story writer
playwright
journalist
reviewer
editor
Organizations: Scottish Daily Express (copytaker|1961-1971)
Words (magazine|founder|1977)
Scottish Youth Theatre
New Writing Scotland (co-editor|2011-2013)
Scottish Pen (president|2016-2020)
Nationality: Scotland
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Places of residence: Glasgow, Scotland (1941-1958|1961-2023)
Israel (kibbutz)
Paris, France (working in restaurant)
Birmingham, England (1960-1961)
Associated Place (for map): Glasgow, Scotland

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Writing Scotland : how Scotland's writers shaped the nation by Carl MacDougall

A readable introduction to Scottish literature, it explores the subject thematically rather than chronologically. (Accompanied BBC TV series)

½

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Lights Below, The (Winner – 1993)

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Works: 15
Also by: 1
Members: 179
Popularity: #120,382
Rating: 3.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 21

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