Irvine Welsh
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Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irvine Welsh canonical | 12 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-09-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Heriot-Watt University ⓘ |
| familyName | Welsh ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ transgressive fiction ⓘ urban fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Irvine ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.irvinewelsh.net/ ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edinburgh drug scene
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Scottish working-class culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 1990s British literature ⓘ |
| name | Irvine Welsh self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dead Men’s Trousers
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Filth ⓘ Glue ⓘ Marabou Stork Nightmares ⓘ Porno (novel) ⓘ
surface form:
Porno
Skagboys ⓘ The Acid House ⓘ The Blade Artist ⓘ Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form:
Trainspotting
|
| occupation |
DJ
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novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Leith ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago
ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film adaptation T2 Trainspotting (2017)
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film adaptation Trainspotting (1996) ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
black humour
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gritty realism ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ use of Scottish dialect ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.