Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85

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Alasdair Gray, influential Scottish writer and artist, dies aged 85
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The writer, artist and passionate Scottish nationalist was hailed as a ‘necessary genius’ for novels including Lanark and Poor Things

The writer and artist Alasdair Gray, who blazed a trail for contemporary Scottish fiction with his experimental novels, has died aged 85.

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