Awards & Winners

William McIlvanney

Date of Birth 25-November-1936
Place of Birth Kilmarnock
(United Kingdom, East Ayrshire, Scotland)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as William Angus McIlvanney
Profession Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter
William McIlvanney is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories, and poetry. McIlvanney is a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s. He is regarded as "the father of 'Tartan Noir’" and Scotland's Albert Camus.

Awards by William McIlvanney

Check all the awards nominated and won by William McIlvanney.

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel The Papers of Tony Veitch

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel Laidlaw

1975


Costa Novel Award
Honored for : Docherty