About Robin Glendinning
Lived 1938 – 2025 (aged 87). Robin Glendinning was a British politician and playwright.
Robert James Glendinning (1 September 1938 – 8 September 2025) was a Northern Irish playwright and politician.
Life and career Born in Belfast on 1 September 1938, the brother of Will Glendinning, Robin grew up in County Armagh and studied at Rockport School, Campbell College and Trinity College Dublin. He taught English and history at Omagh Academy for eleven years.
In 1976, Glendinning returned to teaching, working at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, He also began writing short stories, some of which were published in the Irish Times, as a result of which he won the Hennessey Award. and this success inspired him to again quit teaching, this time to become a full-time writer.
Glendinning died in Comber, Northern Ireland on 8 September 2025, at the age of 87.
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Who was Robin Glendinning?
Northern Irish politician (1938–2025)
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Robin Glendinning was born on 1 September 1938 in Belfast.
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Robin Glendinning died on 8 September 2025.
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Robin Glendinning was a politician and playwright.
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Robin Glendinning was British.
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