Joe Corrie
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Slamannan |
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Died | Edinburgh |
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Books | Billy Shaw |
Burnieknowe: A Scots Comedy in Three Acts | |
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ID | 3738097 |
Joe Corrie Life story
Joe Corrie was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright best known for his radical, working class plays. He was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire in 1894. His family moved to Cardenden in the Fife coalfield when Corrie was still an infant and he started work at the pits in 1908. He died in Edinburgh in 1968.