Ron Butlin (born 1949 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish poet and novelist who was Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) from 2008 to 2014.
Education
Butlin was educated at the University of Edinburgh.
He later became writer in residence in 1982 and 1984 at the university.
Bibliography
He has written several
novels, collections of
short stories,
poems and plays. His work has been widely anthologised in Britain and abroad, and translated into over a dozen languages. His
debut novel,
The Sound Of My Voice, was republished in 2002 with an introduction by
Irvine Welsh who called it “one of the greatest pieces of fiction to come out of Britain in the Eighties”.
Butlin is married to the Scottish-Swiss novelist and short story writer Regi Claire.
Ron Butlin's literary archive is held at the National Library of Scotland.
Opera Libretto
He has written seven
Libretto for opera, mostly for
Scottish Opera, and frequently in collaboration with composer
Lyell Cresswell.
Bibliography
Novels
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The Sound of My Voice (1987)
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Night Visits (1997)
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Belonging (2006)
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Ghost Moon (2014)
Short Story Collections
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The Tilting Room (1983)
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Vivaldi and the Number 3 and Other Impossible Stories (2004)
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No More Angels (2007)
Poetry
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The Wonnerfuu Warld o John Milton (1974)
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Stretto (1976)
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Creatures Tamed by Cruelty (1979)
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The Exquisite Instrument: Imitations from the Chinese (1982)
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Ragtime in Unforgettable Bars (1985)
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Histories of Desire (1995)
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Without a Backward Glance (2005)
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The Magicians of Edinburgh (2012)
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The Magicians of Scotland (2015)
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Here Come the Trolls! (verse for children, 2015)
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The Offering (2017)
Reviews
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Murray, Glen (1980), review of Creatures Claimed by Cruelty, in Cencrastus No. 2, Spring 1980, pp. 43 – 45
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Holton, Brian (1983), review of The Exquisite Instrument, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 11, New Year 1983, p. 43,
Opera
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Markheim
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Dark Kingdom
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Faraway Pictures
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Good Angel, Bad Angel
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The Perfect Woman
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The Money Man
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Wedlock
