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Magi Gibson (1953) is a Scottish poet and children's author.[1]

Magi Gibson
Born	1953 Kilsyth
Occupation	Poet

Early life and education

Gibson was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire in 1953. She studied French and German Literature at the University of Glasgow.[1]

Career

In 2000, Gibson won the Scotland on Sunday/Women 2000 Writing Prize, with her sequence The Senile Dimension,[1] and has also won the Stirling Open Poetry prize.[2] In 2007, she was the Writer in Residence at Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art.[3] From 2009-2012, Gibson held the position of Makar for the City of Stirling, the first person to hold the title in 500 years.[4] She was a Reader in Residence at Glasgow Women's Library,[2] has been the recipient of three Scottish Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowships, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship.[3]

As well as poetry, she has published a series of children's novels, Seriously Sassy.[5]

Works

Poetry collections

• Graffiti in Red Lipstick
• Wild Women of a Certain Age
• Strange Fish (with Helen Lamb)
• Kicking Back
• Washing Hugh MacDiarmid's Socks (2017)

Poetry pamphlets

• Premier Results (with Brian Whittingham)
• Death of a Wife

References

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