Person · Open Library
- Born
- 27 September 1958
- Works
- 86
Top works
- Seal Club 2
- Seal Club
- Eḳsṭazi
- Asid haʾus
- Resolution
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Film & TV
Writing · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Irvine Welsh (born September 27, 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright 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.
Known for
- Britain's Murder Map with Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen — Self2026
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough — Self2025
- Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible — Self2025
- Dick Dynamite: 1944 — Mikael Leznik2024
- Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story — Self2024
- Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem — Self2024
- I Am Weekender — Self2023
- Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh — Self2023
- Icons of Football — Self - Interviewed Guest2023
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self – Playwright and author2022
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- 1,017
- Total plays
- 5,669
Irvine Welsh (born Leith, Edinburgh on September 27, 1958) is an acclaimed contemporary Scottish novelist, most famous for his novel "Trainspotting". He has also written plays and screenplays, as well as directing several short films. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Irvine+Welsh">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,308x
- The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data
· 2018 · cited 8,675x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,671x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,071x
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Key facts
- Born
- 27 September 1958 ( 1958-09-27 ) (age 67), Leith , Edinburgh , Scotland
- Occupation
- Writer
- Alma mater
- Heriot-Watt University (MBA)
- Genre
- Novel, play, short story
- Literary movement
- Postmodern literature
- Notable works
- Trainspotting (1993), The Acid House (1994), Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Filth (1998), Glue (2001), Porno (2002), Skagboys (2012), A Decent Ride (2015)
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Key dates
- Born
- September 1958
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Record label
- Creation Records
- Image
- Irvine Welsh 2024 i109.jpg
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Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. His novels and short stories, which almost always take place in his native Scotland, are known for their gritty depictions of working-class life and its intricacies; particularly drug addiction, social alienation, lack of opportunity and boredom, amongst others.
He is best known for his 1993 debut novel Trainspotting, which was adapted into a film of the same name; both were highly acclaimed and have become cult classics in their respective mediums. The novel was ranked 7th in a 2016 public poll of the best Scottish novels of all time, while its film adaptation was named the best Scottish film of all time in an equivalent 2004 poll.
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1958 births20th-century British short story writers20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights20th-century Scottish male writers20th-century Scottish novelists21st-century British short story writers21st-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights21st-century Scottish male writers21st-century Scottish novelists21st-century Scottish writersAlumni of Heriot-Watt University