Irvine Welsh

1958 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: postmodernism

genre: novel, play, short story

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Heriot-Watt University, Ainslie Park High School

occupation: writer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, science fiction writer, prosaist, film actor

influenced by: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, William S. Burroughs

official website: www.irvinewelsh.net

Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films. Source: Wikipedia (en)