Jackie Kay

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Gender	Female
Age	63
Date of birth	November 9,1961
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Born	Edinburgh
	United Kingdom
Children	Matthew Kay
Parents	Helen Kay
	John Kay
Awards	Guardian Fiction Prize
	Somerset Maugham Award
	Cholmondeley Award
	Lambda Literary Award for Transgender
Known for	Poet and novelist; Makar, 2016–2021
Books	Trumpet
	Red Dust Road
	Adoption Papers
	Darling: New & Selected Poems
Libretti	Twice Through the Heart
Nominations	Guardian Fiction Prize
Date of Reg.	2019-02-13 20:56:17
Date of Upd.	2023-09-19 17:05:08
ID	413909

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Jackie Kay Life story

Jacqueline Margaret Kay, CBE, FRSE, FRSL, is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works Other Lovers, Trumpet and Red Dust Road.

To pay to move to Glasgow University, 'fat', slave trade profits

Feb 16,2020 5:34 am

... poet Jackie Kay, the laureate third Scottish Makar, or poet, reads chapel, a specially-commissioned poem and an exhibition of views of the University of Glasgow and the connections to the slave trade is officially opened in the University...