Professor Kirsty J Gunn - Professor of Creative Writing
Email: k.j.gunn@dundee.ac.uk
Telephone: (01382) 38-6680
Room Location: 3.16, Tower Extension
Kirsty Gunn, BA (Hons), M.Phil. was educated at Victoria University and Oxford and has published four novels, "Rain" (Faber, 1994), "The Keepsake" (Granta, 1997),"Featherstone" (Faber, 2001) and "The Boy and the Sea" (Faber, 2006) which was named Scottish Book of the Year 2007, as well as a collection of short stories, "This Place You Return to is Home". Her latest book, "44 things" was published in March 2007 and is a meditation upon domestic life and creativity.
Her work has been widely anthologised and broadcast as well as filmed, and her awards include the Sundial Scottish Book of the Year 2007, the Scottish Arts Council Award and the London Arts Board Award for Writers.
She has previously taught Creative Writing at Oxford University and at a number of writing seminars and schools. She lives in London and Scotland with her husband and two young daughters.
In May 2008 Professor Gunn is taking part in an international symposium in Lyon on the French novel with Jonathan Lethem, Annie Proulx and others, as part of the Villa Gillet series.
Selected Publications
44 Things: A Year of Life at Home (London: Atlantic, 2007), xiii + 326 pp.
The Boy and the Sea (London: Faber, 2006), 140 pp.
Featherstone (London: Faber, 2002), 256 pp.
This Place You Return to is Home (London: Granta, 1999), 208 pp.
The Keepsake (London: Granta, 1997), 213 pp.
Rain (London: Faber, 1994), 95 pp.
Prizes & Awards
2007 Scottish Book of the Year (The Boy and the Sea)
2007 Sundial Scottish Arts Council Fiction Book of the Year (The Boy and the Sea)
2003 Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursay
2001 Scottish Arts Council Award
2001 Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary
1994 London Arts Board Literature Award (Rain)
(and various European awards for books in translation)
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