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Liam McIlvanney

Scottish–New Zealand writer and academic
Person Human Q64494944

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
1950
Occupation
writer, academic, literary scholar, literary critic, university teacher, author[8]
Employer
University of Otago[14]
Field of work
Scottish literature, literary criticism, literary studies, creative and professional writing[9][10][11][12]
Position held
full professor[13]
Educated at
University of Glasgow, University of Oxford[15][16]
Father
William McIlvanney[7]
Doctoral student
Majella Cullinane, Daniel Milosavljevic, Ailbhe McDaid, Wendy Parkins[18][19][20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Scots, English[24][25]
Family name
McIlvanney[22]
Given name
Liam[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Liam McIlvanney en L McIlvanney en L. McIlvanney
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000038398158
VIAF cluster ID
42072210
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nb99186446
GND ID
1051288835
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Professor Liam McIlvanney 2010 DSC 6445 (cropped).JPG ↗
BIBSYS ID
11018399
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14506410f
CANTIC ID
981060038105206706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11923182
CiNii Research ID
1981430859711392190
Fantastic Fiction author ID
m/liam-mcilvanney
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11hycx7ykh
Show all 25 identifiers +13
IdRef ID
07954536X
IxTheo authority ID
785952144
J9U entity ID
987007465462705171
LRB contributor ID
liam-mcilvanney
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15925119
NL CR AUT ID
jo2017958360
NUKAT ID
n2013199984
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000268372
National Library of Latvia ID
000192617
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
317834908
Parsifal cluster ID
130665
RERO ID (legacy)
A009289158
Yale LUX ID
person/528f257f-697b-4e70-acd1-80ce532b095e

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Summary

Liam McIlvanney was born in 1950[1]. He has worked as a writer[2], academic[3], literary scholar[4], literary critic[5], and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Who were Liam McIlvanney's parents?

Liam McIlvanney's father was William McIlvanney[7].

What did Liam McIlvanney do for work?

Liam McIlvanney worked as a writer[2], academic[3], literary scholar[4], literary critic[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Liam McIlvanney go to school?

Liam McIlvanney was educated at University of Glasgow[15] and University of Oxford[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . scoop.co.nz. Retrieved . scoop.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. Retrieved . otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . The colours of that place: setting and memory in Irish short fiction. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Piobaireachd in New Zealand: Culture, Authenticity and Localisation. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . 'Neither here nor there, and therefore home': A Poetics of Migration in Contemporary Irish Poetry. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . VIAF ID. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral student → Majella Cullinane, Daniel Milosavljevic, Ailbhe McDaid +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60586: matched doctoral"
  2. 8w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IxTheo authority ID → 785952144
    "Created claim: IxTheo authority ID: 785952144, batch #273255"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J9U entity ID → 987007465462705171
    NUKAT ID → n2013199984
    GND ID → 1051288835
    Doctoral student → Majella Cullinane, Daniel Milosavljevic, Ailbhe McDaid +1
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32149: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
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