William McIlvanney
Facts
20 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- November 25, 1936
- Date of death
- December 5, 2015
- Place of birth
- Kilmarnock
- Place of death
- Netherlee
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom[10]
- Occupation
- writer, journalist, poet, teacher
- Field of work
- poetry, detective fiction, detective literature[11][12][13]
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow, Kilmarnock Academy[14][15]
- Award received
- Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize[17]
- Child
- Liam McIlvanney[9]
- Cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease[19]
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights[25]
- Family name
- McIlvanney[20]
- Has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art[24]
- Manner of death
- natural causes[22]
- ISNI
- 0000000114801077
- VIAF cluster ID
- 111534341
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n50015050
- GND ID
- 120149141
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- William McIlvanney at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013.jpg ↗
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 030w03
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
- McIlvanneyWilliam1936-
- Babelio author ID
- 24724
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 119138000
- British Council writer ID
- william-mcilvanney
- CANTIC ID
- 981058616085206706
- CONOR.SI ID
- 12425827
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- DDB person (GND) ID
- 120149141
- Europeana entity
- agent/base/65873
- FAST ID
- 4674
- Fantastic Fiction author ID
- m/william-mcilvanney
- Film.ru person ID
- william-mcilvanney
- Freebase ID
- /m/030w03
- Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
- 887
- Goodreads author ID
- 284726
- HAND ID
- A4F8-4300-8A1C-A657-4578
- IMDb ID
- nm0570532
- IdRef ID
- 027000257
- J9U entity ID
- 987012502120705171
- Kallías ID
- PE00513386
- Les Archives du spectacle person ID
- 295225
- Libris-URI
- mkz29ms5306gtc2
- MusicBrainz artist ID
- be2636fa-77a3-465a-9b4b-af737dc008aa
- NL CR AUT ID
- pna2013745602
- NLA Trove people ID
- 918238
- NLP ID
- a0000001993220
- NUKAT ID
- n98701538
- National Gallery of Art artist ID
- 7161
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810609693805606
- National Library of Portugal ID
- 292500
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 071400060
- Obálky knih ID
- pna2013745602
- Open Library ID
- OL368818A
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
- 110932
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110803100144447
- SBN author ID
- TO0V265126
- SELIBR ID
- 391175
- Scottish Poetry Library poet ID
- william-mcilvanney
- The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
- 5019
- Treccani ID
- william-mcilvanney
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJqFM7ym7jQbBrHXP6x7HC
- Yale LUX ID
- person/7c296cfa-6994-48a2-a112-55424a442af2
Field of work 3
Occupation 3
Influenced 2
Award received 1
Cause of death 1
Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Given name 1
Has works in the collection 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Manner of death 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Sex or gender 1
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Summary
William McIlvanney was born on November 25, 1936[1], in Kilmarnock[2]. He died on December 5, 2015[3], in Netherlee[4]. He worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], poet[7], and teacher[8].
Why It Matters
He has been cited as an influence by Ian Rankin[26], a crime fiction writer[27], b. 1960[28], of United Kingdom[29], awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire[30] and Ali Smith[31], a writer[32], b. 1962[33], of United Kingdom[34], awarded the Costa Book Awards[35].
FAQs
Where was William McIlvanney born?
William McIlvanney was born in Kilmarnock[2].
Where did William McIlvanney die?
William McIlvanney died in Netherlee[4].
What did William McIlvanney do for work?
William McIlvanney worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], poet[7], and teacher[8].
Where did William McIlvanney go to school?
William McIlvanney was educated at University of Glasgow[14] and Kilmarnock Academy[15].
What awards did William McIlvanney receive?
Honors received include Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize[17].
Who did William McIlvanney influence?
William McIlvanney has been cited as an influence by Ian Rankin[26] and Ali Smith[31].