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'''Jackie Kay''' (born 1961) is a powet and novelist.
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[[File:Jacky Kay.jpg|thumb|Jackie Kay]]'''Jackie Kay''' (born 1961) is a poet and novelist.
  
She was born in [[Edinburgh]] to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white couple, and grew up in [[Bishopbriggs]], [[ast Dunbartonshire]], a suburb of [[Edinburgh]]. She studied English at the University of [[Stirling]]. Her first book of poetry, the partially autobiographical ''The Adoption Papers'', was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. Her other awards include the 1994 Somerset Maugham Award for ''Other Lovers'', and the Guardian First Book Award Fiction Prize for ''Trumpet'', based on the life of American jazz musician Billy Tipton, born Dorothy Tipton, who lived as a man for the last fifty years of his life.
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She was born in [[Edinburgh]] to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white couple, grew up in [[Bishopbriggs]], [[East Dunbartonshire]], a suburb of [[Glasgow]], and studied English at the [[University of Stirling]]. Her first book of poetry, the partially autobiographical ''The Adoption Papers'', was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. Her other awards include the 1994 Somerset Maugham Award for ''Other Lovers'', and the Guardian First Book Award Fiction Prize for ''Trumpet'', based on the life of American jazz musician Billy Tipton, born Dorothy Tipton, who lived as a man for the last fifty years of his life.
  
Jackie Kay received an MBE in 2006. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing at [[Newcastle]] University and lives in [[Manchester]].
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Jackie Kay received an MBE in 2006. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing at [[Newcastle University]] and lives in [[Manchester]].
  
She took part in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project ''[[Sixty-Six Books]]'', with a piece based upon a chapter of the [[King James Bible]].
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She had a relationship for 15 years with the poet [[Carol Ann Duffy]].
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She was ranked 72 in the [[Pink List 2010]], 94 in the [[Pink List 2011]], 67 in the [[Pink List 2012]] and a "National Treasure" in the [[Pink List 2013]].
  
 
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Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay (born 1961) is a poet and novelist.

She was born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white couple, grew up in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, a suburb of Glasgow, and studied English at the University of Stirling. Her first book of poetry, the partially autobiographical The Adoption Papers, was published in 1991 and won the Saltire Society Scottish First Book Award. Her other awards include the 1994 Somerset Maugham Award for Other Lovers, and the Guardian First Book Award Fiction Prize for Trumpet, based on the life of American jazz musician Billy Tipton, born Dorothy Tipton, who lived as a man for the last fifty years of his life.

Jackie Kay received an MBE in 2006. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and lives in Manchester.

She had a relationship for 15 years with the poet Carol Ann Duffy.

She was ranked 72 in the Pink List 2010, 94 in the Pink List 2011, 67 in the Pink List 2012 and a "National Treasure" in the Pink List 2013.