Gary Robertson (author)

Gary Robertson is a Scottish poet and author from Dundee, self-styled as the 'Dundee Street Poet'.

Biography

A fitness fanatic,[1] Robertson has previously climbed all 284 of the Munros.[2] He was the eventual winner of the first series of the BBC television reality show SAS: Are You Tough Enough?[3] After self-funding the publication of SAS 11 Days In A Hell Called Paradise, an autobiographical account of his experience on the show, he became a poet and author. He has so far focused on life for young people growing up in Dundee,[2] and on street poetry in the characteristic Dundonian dialect.

Robertson wrote the book Gangs Of Dundee,[3] an historical account of the gang culture that developed in the post-war Dundee housing schemes of the 1960s onwards.[4] He later presented a programme on BBC Radio Scotland on this subject.[5]

Robertson's street poetry was used[1] in the short documentary Young Anes depicting the life of a struggling young mother in Dundee, which was shortlisted for the best short documentary award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival.[6] His first collection of poetry was printed in the book Pure Dundee.[7] Along with Mark Thomson also from Dundee, Robertson is the other half of the Tribal Tongues poetry performing duo.[1] Robertsons other published works includes "Skeem Life", a look at life in Dundee housing schemes, and a biography of ex-Dundee United player Ralph Milne. He lives in the suburb of Fintry in Dundee.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. www.allmediascotland.com Media Agency Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Rhymes Come Straight Fae Dundee Schemes, 14 December 2007
  3. Daily Record Scotland's Gangs, 15 February 2008
  4. Robertson, Gary (1 October 2007). "Gangs of Dundee". Luath Press Ltd – via Amazon.
  5. "Street Gangs of Dundee".
  6. BBC News Dundee film shortlisted for award, 29 July 2006
  7. Luath Press Limited Listing for Pure Dundee
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