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 Welsh's books have made him a cult figure within the writing world since the 1990s. Several of his books have become best sellers and all have a mixture of comedy, drama and hard-hitting issues...the best-known being Trainspotting (1996) which was made into a box-office smash worldwide at the movies in 1996. Of his other works, one other has been brought to screen, The Acid House (1998)..a trilogy of stories and though not as successful as Trainspotting commercially, became a cult success in his homeland of Scotland and the UK. At time of writing, Welsh is currently on a project writing the sequel to Trainspotting called 'Porn', which given the success of the first film, should make him even more famous when released as a film within the next year or so.
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Welsh's books have made him a cult figure within the writing world since the 1990s. Several of his books have become best sellers and all have a mixture of comedy, drama and hard-hitting issues...the best-known being Trainspotting (1996) which was made into a box-office smash worldwide at the movies in 1996. Of his other works, one other has been brought to screen, The Acid House (1998)..a trilogy of stories and though not as successful as Trainspotting commercially, became a cult success in his homeland of Scotland and the UK. At time of writing, Welsh is currently on a project writing the sequel to Trainspotting called 'Porn', which given the success of the first film, should make him even more famous when released as a film within the next year or so.
Tivia:
Did not start writing until he was in his early thirties.Welsh vowed that if any producer proved brave enough to take on the filming of Filth (2013), he would get a tattoo of the book's cover, a pig dressed like a cop. It took 15 years to get Filth made, and halfway through filming, Welsh proved true to his word and tattooed the pig on his arm.Is a huge fan of Hubert Selby Jr and credits Selby's book ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'' with influencing his literary style of writing about his environment.Big fan of Iggy Pop.Has completed writing 'Skagboys', his prequel to 'Trainspotting' and 'Porno'.My Chemical Romance took their band name from the title of his short stories book 'Ecstasy: Three tales of chemical romance'.Based his character Freddy Royle, from his 1996 story Lorraine Goes to Livingston, on Sir Jimmy Savile. Royle is a children's TV presenter described as the nation's "favourite caring, laconic uncle", who turns out to be a child molester and necrophiliac, raising millions for the hospital where he commits his crimes. Following his death in 2011, Savile, a children's television presenter and massive charity fundraiser, was revealed to have been a prolific sexual abuser who committed many of his offences in hospitals.Some of his books have been banned in several countries, notably Russia and Greece, and Senator Bob Dole criticized Trainspotting during his vice-presidential campaign. Police in York and Southampton, England, raided High Street bookstores to remove giant posters advertising copies of Filth, featuring the pig's head, which were deemed offensive by police officials.Dropped out of school when he was age 16 and returned in his twenties.Wrote an introduction for ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'', which he has claimed is one of his favorite books.Appeared in films of his own books, Trainspotting and The Acid House.Is a huge fan of House Music and features it in his novels.Had many run-ins with the law as a youth until a series of arrests for petty crimes and finally a suspended sentence for trashing a North London community center inspired him to correct his ways.Started writing through music as he would come up with ideas for songs that evolved into short stories.Supporter of Hibernian Football Club in Edinburgh, Scotland.Gives readings of his work worldwide, and was caught up in controversy when attending a reading of his in Australia.Lived mainly in London and Edinburgh, with spells in Amsterdam, San Francisco and Dublin, now lives in Chicago and Miami Beach.A partner in the British film production company 4 Ways along with Antonia Bird, Robert Carlyle and Mark CousinsHas an MBA and is a marathon runner.Loves the works of Jane Austen and George Eliot.He originally thought about becoming a TV Repairman before receiving an electrical shock from an outlet.Was a Property Developer before he started writing.His wife, Elizabeth, is from Chicago.He played guitar and sang in a band called ''The Pubic Lice and Stairway 13'',the latter a reference to the Ibrox disaster of 1971.His first play written as such, "You'll Have Had Your Hole" premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in February 1998 and starred Kirsty Mitchell as "Laney".Left school when he was age 16.Chicago, Illinois, USA: Living and working. (2013)Spends most of his time between Edinburgh and London. (May 2002)Was a regular attendee of Bohemian Football club games when he lived in Dublin, Ireland.He has lived in Miami, Florida since 2018. |
| Name: |
Irvine Welsh |
Type: |
Writer,Producer,Actor (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Writer,Producer,Actor |
| Products for sale: |
Writer,Producer,Actor |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:23:21 |
| Height: |
6' 2' (1.88 m) |
| Biography: |
Welsh\'s books have made him a cult figure within the writing world since the 1990s. Several of his books have become best sellers and all have a mixture of comedy, drama and hard-hitting issues...the best-known being Trainspotting (1996) which was m |
| Trivia: |
Did not start writing until he was in his early thirties.Welsh vowed that if any producer proved brave enough to take on the filming of Filth (2013), he would get a tattoo of the book's cover, a pig dressed like a cop. It took 15 years to get Filth made, and halfway through filming, Welsh proved true to his word and tattooed the pig on his arm.Is a huge fan of Hubert Selby Jr and credits Selby's book ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'' with influencing his literary style of writing about his environment.Big fan of Iggy Pop.Has completed writing 'Skagboys', his prequel to 'Trainspotting' and 'Porno'.My Chemical Romance took their band name from the title of his short stories book 'Ecstasy: Three tales of chemical romance'.Based his character Freddy Royle, from his 1996 story Lorraine Goes to Livingston, on Sir Jimmy Savile. Royle is a children's TV presenter described as the nation's "favourite caring, laconic uncle", who turns out to be a child molester and necrophiliac, raising millions for the hospital where he commits his crimes. Following his death in 2011, Savile, a children's television presenter and massive charity fundraiser, was revealed to have been a prolific sexual abuser who committed many of his offences in hospitals.Some of his books have been banned in several countries, notably Russia and Greece, and Senator Bob Dole criticized Trainspotting during his vice-presidential campaign. Police in York and Southampton, England, raided High Street bookstores to remove giant posters advertising copies of Filth, featuring the pig's head, which were deemed offensive by police officials.Dropped out of school when he was age 16 and returned in his twenties.Wrote an introduction for ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'', which he has claimed is one of his favorite books.Appeared in films of his own books, Trainspotting and The Acid House.Is a huge fan of House Music and features it in his novels.Had many run-ins with the law as a youth until a series of arrests for petty crimes and finally a suspended sentence for trashing a North London community center inspired him to correct his ways.Started writing through music as he would come up with ideas for songs that evolved into short stories.Supporter of Hibernian Football Club in Edinburgh, Scotland.Gives readings of his work worldwide, and was caught up in controversy when attending a reading of his in Australia.Lived mainly in London and Edinburgh, with spells in Amsterdam, San Francisco and Dublin, now lives in Chicago and Miami Beach.A partner in the British film production company 4 Ways along with Antonia Bird, Robert Carlyle and Mark CousinsHas an MBA and is a marathon runner.Loves the works of Jane Austen and George Eliot.He originally thought about becoming a TV Repairman before receiving an electrical shock from an outlet.Was a Property Developer before he started writing.His wife, Elizabeth, is from Chicago.He played guitar and sang in a band called ''The Pubic Lice and Stairway 13'',the latter a reference to the Ibrox disaster of 1971.His first play written as such, "You'll Have Had Your Hole" premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in February 1998 and starred Kirsty Mitchell as "Laney".Left school when he was age 16.Chicago, Illinois, USA: Living and working. (2013)Spends most of his time between Edinburgh and London. (May 2002)Was a regular attendee of Bohemian Football club games when he lived in Dublin, Ireland.He has lived in Miami, Florida since 2018. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently writes characters with addiction problems
Rarely uses speech marks in his novels
Spells text and dialogue in his novels in the style of the accent the character has.
Unsympathetic characters
His stories are often set in Scotland |
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I see the Scottish referendum as being more about the way Britain is governed than specifically about Scotland. I think that it's gonna be a catalyst for change right across the British Isles because I can't see England putting up with a system whereby so many people are grandfathered in before you get to divide the cake up: the monarchy, the aristocracy, the House of Lords, the bankers, the public school elite. There's not much left for anybody else after that. And once Scotland gets rid of all that, I would think that England might try and follow suit in some way.
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This very anachronistic sort of idea that a free press that's run by billionaire tycoons is somehow beneficial to a democracy in this country or any other country, it just seems to be this weird alternative dialogue that's been continually pushed out by the press. It just has no grounding or basis in real life.
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[on his character Freddy Royle] I had nothing to do with the hospital services, or NHS trusts, or the BBC. So how come I knew this rumour about Jimmy Savile, this eccentric British institution? There must have been so much stuff on the grapevine. But there was a whole culture then of not addressing these issues.
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[2016 interview, on T2 Trainspotting (2017)] It might not be as well received because it doesn't have the shock of the new, but I have absolutely no doubt that it will be a better movie. Everything's just better now. |
| Job title: |
Writer,Producer,Actor |
| Others works: |
Novel: "Marabou Stork Nightmares," 1996.
Novel: "Crime" - Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London; Year: 2008; ISBN: 0224080539 |
| Spouse: |
Emma Currie (August 10, 2022 - present) Beth Quinn (2005 - 2017) (divorced)Anne Antsy (? - 2003) (divorced) |
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