'The Anti-hero's Journey'

Biography of Alan Sharp's life and work by David Manderson who used MS 454 Alan Sharp papers in his research

David Manderson is a novelist, short story writer and researcher. His work ranges across Scottish and international film and literature. His novel 'Lost Bodies' was published in 2011. He has written about the films 'Rob Roy' (2009) and 'Local Hero' (2010) for the Association for Scottish Literary Studies and co-written chapters for Cambridge University Press and Luath Press. He has also contributed to The Bottle Imp, Chapman Magazine, Gutter Magazine, West Coast Magazine, New Writing Scotland and Hanging Loose Press (New York). He founded a film festival at the Glasgow Film Theatre in 1990 and the creative magazine 'Nerve' in 2000. He also ran poetry sessions in Glasgow's Tchai Ovna Cafe for a decade. In 2000 he won a Scottish Arts Council New Writers' Award. In 2017 he was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. His poem 'Expedition' animated by Samantha Hendry, won a short film award in 2019.
(source: Google books 2023)

David Manderson is a novelist, short story writer and researcher. His work ranges across Scottish and international film and literature. His novel 'Lost Bodies' was published in 2011. He has written about the films 'Rob Roy' (2009) and 'Local Hero' (2010) for the Association for Scottish Literary Studies and co-written chapters for Cambridge University Press and Luath Press. He has also contributed to The Bottle Imp, Chapman Magazine, Gutter Magazine, West Coast Magazine, New Writing Scotland and Hanging Loose Press (New York). He founded a film festival at the Glasgow Film Theatre in 1990 and the creative magazine 'Nerve' in 2000. He also ran poetry sessions in Glasgow's Tchai Ovna Cafe for a decade. In 2000 he won a Scottish Arts Council New Writers' Award. In 2017 he was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. His poem 'Expedition' animated by Samantha Hendry, won a short film award in 2019.
(source: Google books 2023)

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