Andrew Greig

Andrew Greig (born 23 September 1951) is a Scottish poet and novelist whose work has been widely recognised. His work has spanned mountain climbing, the natural world, and historical fiction.

Biography Greig was born in Bannockburn, near Stirling, and grew up there and in Anstruther, Fife. He first wanted to be a singer-songwriter, travelling to London in search of a record deal and also supporting John Martyn whom he knew through one of his school teachers. While still a teenager, having already started writing poetry, he shared some of his writing with the poet Norman MacCaig and travelled from Fife to meet him in Edinburgh. MacCaig's influence on Greig's career would persist until his death in 1996 and beyond:

bquote | I'd never call myself an intimate friend of MacCaig, but he was a role model, a mentor. I liked him, he really mattered to me, and as the years went on after his death, I increasingly missed him and thought about him. After university he worked for a short time in advertising before deciding to concentrate on writing poetry.

Awards and nominations

Year Title Award Category Result . 1972 — Eric Gregory Award — 1992 Electric Brae: A Modern Romance McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year — 1996 Summit Fever: The Story of an Armchair Climber Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature — The Return of John MacNab Romantic Novelists' Association Award — 2014 Fair Helen Walter Scott Prize — 2022 Rose Nicolson —

Published work Poetry

Non-fiction and memoir

Fiction

(Published in some markets as The Clouds Above: A Novel of Love and War.)

Articles