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Irvine Welsh |
 | Irvine Welsh was born in 1961 in Scotland. He grew up in the heart of Edinburgh`s working-class district of Muirhouse, left school at 16, changing jobs a myriad of times. He migrated to London with the punk movement, and with the move came a dependency on drugs. At the end of the 80`s he returned to Scotland, taking a job with the Edinburgh District Council and started an MBA course in computer studies while writing on the side. He had his first published work in 1994, a collection of short stories entitled The Acid House. His first novel was published later that year and is his best known work, Trainspotting. The book was adapted to film and in 1996 became a notable success, reaching cult like status. He completed his second novel, Marabou Stork Nightmares in 1995, and Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, a collection of short stories that was published in 1996. More recently he has published a further three novels, Filth, Glue and Porno. Welsh has also written a stage play and several short stories and his books have been translated into eleven languages around the world. He currently has homes in both London and Edinburgh. |
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