Magi Gibson

Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.[1]

Magi Gibson
Born1953
Kilsyth
OccupationPoet

Early life and education

Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.[1]

Career

In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension,[1] and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize.[2] In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art.[3] From 2009-2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years.[4] She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library,[2] has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.[3]

As well as poetry, she has published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy.[5]

Works

Poetry collections
  • Graffiti in Red Lipstick
  • Wild Women of a Certain Age
  • Strange Fish (with Helen Lamb)
  • Kicking Back
  • Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks (2017)

Poetry pamphlets

References
  1. "Magi Gibson | Poetry | Scottish Poetry Library". www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "NEW POETRY BY MAGI GIBSON". Glasgow Review of Books. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. "Magi Gibson | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. "Row breaks out after Stirling names first ever Makar". Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  5. "Magi Gibson". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.