Gary Robertson is a Scottish poet and author from Dundee, self-styled as the 'Dundee Street Poet'.

Biography

A fitness fanatic,[1] Robertson has previously climbed all 284 of the Munros.[2] He was the eventual winner of the first series of the BBC television reality show SAS: Are You Tough Enough?[3] After self-funding the publication of SAS 11 Days In A Hell Called Paradise, an autobiographical account of his experience on the show, he became 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.

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] He later presented a programme 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] 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.[1] Robertsons other published works includes "Skeem Life", a look at life in Dundee housing schemes, and a biography of ex-Dundee United player Ralph Milne. He lives in the suburb of Fintry in Dundee.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Young Anes - an Urban Documentary". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  2. 1 2 www.allmediascotland.com Media Agency Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Rhymes Come Straight Fae Dundee Schemes, 14 December 2007
  3. 1 2 Daily Record Scotland's Gangs, 15 February 2008
  4. ↑ Robertson, Gary (1 October 2007). Gangs of Dundee. Luath Press Ltd. ASIN 1906307024.
  5. ↑ "Street Gangs of Dundee".
  6. ↑ BBC News Dundee film shortlisted for award, 29 July 2006
  7. ↑ Luath Press Limited Listing for Pure Dundee
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