About Nigel Leask
Born 1958. Nigel Leask is a British literary critic and university teacher.
Nigel James Leask (born 29 September 958) is a Scottish academic publishing on Romantic, Scottish, and Anglo-Indian literature, with special interest on British Empire, Orientalism, and travel writing. He has been Regius Professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgow, since 2004.
He won the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year award in 2010 for his book Robert Burns and Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late-18th Century Scotland. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Centenary Fellow of the English Association.
Awards Saltire Award - Scottish Research Book of the Year 2010.
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