Gary Robertson is a Scottish poet and author from Dundee, self styled as the 'Dundee Street Poet'. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council
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Biography
A fitness fanatic[1], Robertson has previously climbed all 284 of the Munros[2], and was the eventual winnner of the first series of the BBC television reality show SAS: Are You Tough Enough?[3]. A Munro is a Scottish mountain with a height over 3000 feet (914 SAS Are You Tough Enough was a British documentary series exposing volunteer members of the public to the experience of the SAS selection process presented by Dermot O'Leary After self-funding the publication of SAS 11 Days In A Hell Called Paradise, an autobiographical account of his experience in the show, he went on to become a poet and author. He has so far focused on life for young people growing up in Dundee[2], and on street poetry in the characteristic Dundonian dialect. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council
Robertson wrote the book Gangs Of Dundee[3], an historical account of the gang culture that developed in the post-war Dundee housing schemes of the 1960s onwards[4]. Gangsters redirects here For the computer game see Gangsters (video game. He later presented a program on BBC Radio Scotland on this subject[5].
Robertson's street poetry was used[1] in the short documentary Young Anes depicting the life of a struggling young mother in Dundee, which was shortlisted for the best short documentary award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival[6]. The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF has moved its date and will now take place in June His first collection of poetry was printed in the book Pure Dundee[7]. Along with Mark Thomson also from Dundee, Robertson is the other half of the Tribal Tongues poetry performing duo[2][1].
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References
- ^ a b c www.younganes.co.uk Gary Robertson profile
- ^ a b c www.allmediascotland.com Media Agency Rhymes Come Straight Fae Dundee Schemes, 14 December 2007
- ^ a b Daily Record Scotland's Gangs, 15 February 2008
- ^ Amazon listing for Gangs of Dundee
- ^ BBC radio listing for Gangs of Dundee
- ^ BBC News Dundee film shortlisted for award, 29 July 2006
- ^ Luath Press Limited Listing for Pure Dundee
External Links
- Young Anes web page
- The Dundee Poet's MySpace page
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