Ron Butlin
Ron Butlin (born 1949[1]) is a Scottish poet and novelist who was Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) from 2008-14.
He has written several novels, collections of short stories, poems and plays. His work has been widely anthologised in Britain and abroad, and translated into over a dozen languages.
Opera Libretto
He has written seven libretti for opera, mostly for Scottish Opera, and frequently in collaboration with composer Lyell Cresswell.[2]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Sound of My Voice (1987)
- Night Visits (1997)
- Belonging (2006)
- Ghost Moon (2014)
Short Story Collections
- The Tilting Room (1983)
- Vivaldi and the Number 3 and Other Impossible Stories (2004)
- No More Angels (2007)
Poetry
- The Wonnerfuu Warld o John Milton (1974)
- Stretto (1976)
- Creature Tamed by Cruelty (1979)
- The Exquisite Instrument: Imitations from the Chinese (1982)
- Ragtime in Unforgettable Bars (1985)
- Histories of Desire (1995)
- Without a Backward Glance (2005)
- The Magicians of Edinburgh (2012)
- The Magicians of Scotland (2015)
- Here Come the Trolls! (verse for children, 2015)
Opera
Markheim
Dark Kingdom
Faraway Pictures
Good Angel, Bad Angel
The Perfect Woman
The Money Man
Wedlock
References
- ^ Library of Congress Name Authority File and similar sources
- ^ Smith, Rowena (16 May 2010). "Five:15". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
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