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Ali Smith
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Vinony's link graph records 294 inbound references to Ali Smith, and connects out to Royal Society of Literature, Nobel Prize and UNESCO.
It sits within the topics 1962 births, 20th-century British journalists and 20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights.
Vinony links it to 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-08-24 ) 24 August 1962 (age 63) , Inverness , Scotland
- Occupation
- Author, playwright, academic, journalist
- Alma mater
- University of Aberdeen , Newnham College, Cambridge
- Period
- 1986–present
- Partner
- Sarah Wood
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ali
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Inverness
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Strathclyde
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- AliSmith2011.png
- Work location
- Cambridge
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- date of birth
- 1962-08-24
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- name in native language
- Ali Smith
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- Commons category
- Ali Smith
- influenced by
- James Kelman
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Encyclopedic overview
Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting."
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ali Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.