Magi Gibson

Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.[1]

Magi Gibson
Born1953
Kilsyth
OccupationPoet

Early life and education

Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.[1]

Career

In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension,[1] and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize.[2] In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art.[3] From 2009-2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years.[4] She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library,[2] has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.[3]

As well as poetry, she has published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy.[5]

Works

Poetry collections
  • Graffiti in Red Lipstick
  • Wild Women of a Certain Age
  • Strange Fish (with Helen Lamb)
  • Kicking Back
  • Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks (2017)

Poetry pamphlets

References
  1. "Magi Gibson | Poetry | Scottish Poetry Library". www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. "NEW POETRY BY MAGI GIBSON". Glasgow Review of Books. 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. "Magi Gibson | Books from Scotland". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Row breaks out after Stirling names first ever Makar". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. "Magi Gibson". www.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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