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[[File:Jacky Kay.jpg|thumb|Jackie Kay]]'''Jackie Kay''' (born 1961) is a poet and novelist. | [[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, grew up in [[Bishopbriggs]], [[East Dunbartonshire]], a suburb of [[Glasgow]], and studied English at the | + | 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]] | + | 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 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]], | + | 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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[[Category:Poets]] | [[Category:Poets]] | ||
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[[Category:Pink List 2012|67]] | [[Category:Pink List 2012|67]] | ||
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[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:1961 births]] | [[Category:1961 births]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:00, 6 July 2016
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.
