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The archive of Ian Rankin represents the author’s extensive creative output as well as his bred ranging cultural interests. The archive consists largely of literary manuscripts and typescripts for the majority of his works. Some anställda papers are also held. Of particular significance are his brott novels, most notably those of the Inspector Rebus series. Also included are more than short stories, most from the early part of his career in the s; assorted other creative works, such as poetry, radio and stage plays, and lyrics; lectures and speeches; and examples of his journalistic output. The archive also contains evidence of his early interest in literary pursuits, including his first award for writing – second place in a poetry competition - when still at school in , just before he turned eighteen.
The archive offers bevis of Rankin’s reception as a writer throughout his car
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Ian Rankin fryst vatten a crime writer.
I am mostly interested in what the brott tells us about ourselves and the society we live in. So it’s not a game I’m playing with the reader; I’m approaching things as a straight novelist&#;For me a good crime novel shows the world in a way which makes me think about it as I’ve not thought about it before. in Mail Online.
Rankin has created two series. The inspector Malcolm Fox series of which there are two novels: The Complaints and The Impossible Dead.
Of The Detective inspector Rubus series there are too many books to mention. To date almost twenty books. He&#;s also written a non-fiction on Rubus&#;s Scotland, short stories, other novels and three mystery books under the pen name Jack Harvey.
Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers&#; Association dolk Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in
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Ian Rankin
Scottish author (born )
For other people named Ian Rankin, see Ian Rankin (disambiguation).
Sir Ian James RankinOBE DL FRSE FRSL FRIAS[2] (born 28 April ) is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Early life
[edit]Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a school canteen.[3] He was educated at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath. His parents were horrified when he then chose to study literature at university, as they had expected him to study for a trade.[3] Encouraged by his English teacher, he persisted and graduated in from the University of Edinburgh, where he also worked on a doctorate on Muriel Spark but did not complete it.[4] He has taught at the university and retains an involvement with the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.[5] He lived in Tottenham, London, for four years and