Janet Paisley

Janet Violet Paisley (12 January 1948 – 9 November 2018[1]) was a writer, poet and playwright from Scotland, writing in Scots and English.[2] Her work has been translated into German, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Spanish, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Italian[3] and Polish.[4]

Career

Paisley was a member of the Working Party for a Scottish National Theatre, the SAC Scots Language Synergy, and the Cross Party Parliamentary Group for the Scots Language.[5] She held three Creative Writing Fellowships, received two Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursaries and a Playwright's Bursary, edited New Writing Scotland and co-ordinated the first Scottish PEN Women Writers Committee.

Her first play Refuge won the Peggy Ramsay Award in 1996.[6] She was awarded a Creative Scotland Award to write Not for Glory (2000),[7] a collection of interlinked short stories in Scots set in a small village in Central Scotland. Not for Glory was one of the ten Scottish finalists voted for by the public in the 2003 World Book Day 'We are what we read' poll.[8]

The short film Long Haul, written by Paisley, received a BAFTA nomination in 2001.[9]

Paisley was the mother of seven sons, including the actor David Paisley. One son died in early childhood.[10]

Death

Janet Paisley died on 9 November 2018, at the age of 70.[11]

Posthumous honours

On 1 December 2018 Janet was posthumously awarded an MG Alba Trad Music Award for Services to the Scots Language, sponsored by Scots Radio.[12] The award was subsequently renamed the Janet Paisley Services to Scots Award in her honour.[13]

References
  1. Wyllie, James (10 November 2018). "Obituary: Janet Paisley". Press and Journal. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. "Janet Paisley". Words Without Borders.
  3. "Janet Paisley". www.fantasticfiction.com.
  4. "Bunt Białej Róży". Lubimyczytać.pl (in Polish).
  5. "Cross Party Group on The Scots Language". www.parliament.scot. Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. "Literary Awards - Contemporary Writers", Contemporary Writers, 1996, archived from the original on 12 October 2009, retrieved 16 October 2009
  7. Scottish Arts Council Press Release (2002), "Creative Scotland Awards", Creative Scotland, retrieved 16 October 2009
  8. Black, Edward (2003), "Murder, drugs - and The Broons", Scotsman, retrieved 20 May 2009
  9. "New Talent Awards 2000", Bafta, 2000, archived from the original on 26 January 2010, retrieved 16 October 2009
  10. "Obituary: Janet Paisley, award-winning novelist, poet and playwright". The Scotsman. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. "Poets > Janet Paisley (1948-2018)". www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  12. "Winners Announced for MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018". Scots Trad Music Awards. 2 December 2018.
  13. "Janet Paisley Services to Scots". Hands Up For Trad. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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