Background
Riach, Alan Scott was born on August 1, 1957 in Airdrie, Scotland. Son of James Alexander and Janet Greig (Cunningham) Riach.
(Strong colours, subtle music and a wry sense of humour le...)
Strong colours, subtle music and a wry sense of humour leaven this collection of very personal poems, steeped in the intimacies of family and memory, friendship and love, from Scottish poet Alan Riach.
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Riach, Alan Scott was born on August 1, 1957 in Airdrie, Scotland. Son of James Alexander and Janet Greig (Cunningham) Riach.
Bachelor, Master of Arts in English, Churchill College, Cambridge, England, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Scottish Literature, University Glasgow, 1985.
Course-director, teacher Worker Education Association, Glasgow, Scotland, 1979-1980. Course-director, teacher Foreign Language Study Programme, Gravesend, England, 1980-1982. Teacher Community Education Program, Hamilton, Scotland, 1982.
Private tutor English, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1982-1983. Course-director, tutor University Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 1986-1987, University Grants Commission postdoctoral research fellow, 1988-1990, now senior lecturer department English. Guest lecturer Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1989, AULLA Conference XXV, Macqarie University, Sydney, Australia, 1989, department Scottish literature Glasgow University, 1987.
(Strong colours, subtle music and a wry sense of humour le...)
(A first book of poetry by a young Scottish poet at presen...)
Reader, actor various poetry societies, Auckland, New Zealand, 1987-1988, Hamilton, 1989, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1988, Glasgow, 1987. Member Association Scottish Literature Studies.