Gary Robertson (author)

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

Biography

A fitness fanatic, Robertson has previously climbed all 284 of the Munros, and was the eventual winnner of the first series of the BBC television reality show . 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 [http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2068/Rhymes_Come_Straight_Fae_Dundee_Schemes www.allmediascotland.com Media Agency] Rhymes Come Straight Fae Dundee Schemes, 14 December 2007] , and on street poetry in the characteristic Dundonian dialect.

Robertson wrote the book "Gangs Of Dundee" [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/02/15/scotland-s-gangs-86908-20320195/ Daily Record] Scotland's Gangs, 15 February 2008] , an historical account of the gang culture that developed in the post-war Dundee housing schemes of the 1960s onwards [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gangs-Dundee-Gary-Robertson/dp/1906307024 Amazon listing for Gangs of Dundee] ] . He later presented a program on BBC Radio Scotland on this subject [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079mpg BBC radio listing for Gangs of Dundee] ] .

Robertson's street poetry was used 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 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/5225282.stm BBC News] Dundee film shortlisted for award, 29 July 2006] . His first collection of poetry was printed in the book "Pure Dundee" [ [http://www.luath.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eluath%2eco%2euk%2f&WD=gary%20robertson&PN=Pure_Dundee%2ehtml%23a1_20906307_2015_206#a1_20906307_2015_206 Luath Press Limited] Listing for Pure Dundee] . Along with Mark Thomson also from Dundee, Robertson is the other half of the Tribal Tongues poetry performing duo [http://www.younganes.co.uk/garyrobertson.html www.younganes.co.uk Gary Robertson profile] ] .

See also

* History of Dundee

References

External links

* [http://www.younganes.co.uk/ Young Anes] web page
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=114608148 The Dundee Poet's MySpace page]