| 词条 | Robin Jenkins |
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| name = Robin Jenkins | image = Robin Jenkins.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = John Robin Jenkins | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = nr. Cambuslang, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2005|2|24|1912|9|11}} | death_place = | occupation = Novelist | nationality = Scottish | ethnicity = | citizenship = Scottish | education = | alma_mater = University of Glasgow | period = 1950-2005 | genre = Scottish literature | subject = | movement = | notableworks = The Cone Gatherers | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{Awd|OBE|1999}} {{Awd|Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun prize|2008|lifetime achievement}} | signature = | website = | portaldisp = }} John Robin Jenkins OBE (11 September 1912 – 24 February 2005), generally known as Robin Jenkins, was a Scottish writer of thirty published novels, the most celebrated being The Cone Gatherers. He also published two collections of short stories. Robin Jenkins was born in Flemington near Cambuslang in 1912;[1] his father died when John was only seven years old and he and his three siblings were brought up by his mother in straitened circumstances. However, he won a bursary to attend the former Hamilton Academy then a famous fee-paying school.[2] The theme of escaping circumstances through education at such a school was to form the basis of Jenkins's later novel Happy for the Child (1953) [3] Winning a scholarship, he subsequently studied Literature at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1936. During the Second World War, he registered as a conscientious objector and was sent to work in forestry (a theme that would re-appear in The Cone Gatherers). Upon the release of his first novel, So Gaily Sings the Lark in 1951, he shortened his writing name to 'Robin Jenkins'. In the early years of his writing career, Jenkins worked as an English and History teacher. In the 1950s, he taught at Riverside Senior Secondary in Glasgow's East End and later moved with his family to Dunoon where he taught at the prestigious Dunoon Grammar School. He also spent four formative years at the Gaya School in Sabah, Borneo, living there with his wife May and their children. Before that, he had held British Council teaching posts in both Kabul and Barcelona.[4] His best-known novel, The Cone Gatherers, is based upon his forestry work as a conscientious objector and is often studied in Scottish schools. While The Cone Gatherers has been criticised as being devoid of any real sense of place, other novels such as The Thistle and the Grail, his 1954 football story, paint vivid pictures of more accessible settings. His writing typically touches on many themes, including morality, the struggle between good and evil, war, class and social justice. Just Duffy is another of his novels which focuses on such themes, in a style which has been compared to that of the earlier Scottish writer, James Hogg. Jenkins was awarded the OBE in 1999 and in 2003 received the Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun prize from the Saltire Society for his lifetime achievement. His portrait, by Jennifer McRae, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland. The Robin Jenkins Literary Award has been established in his name.[5] Robin Jenkins died in 2005, aged 92; his novel The Pearl-fishers was published posthumously in 2007. Bibliography
References1. ^Black and White Publishing, author's biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928002935/http://www.blackandwhitepublishing.com/authors.php |date=2010-09-28 }} Retrieved 20 October 2010 2. ^Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine, February 1950, feature on Hamilton Academy in the article series 'Famous Scottish Schools' 3. ^The Association for Scottish Literary Studies - Robin Jenkins's Fiction Retrieved 20 October 2010 4. ^Books from Scotland - biography, Robin Jenkins Retrieved 20 October 2010 5. ^The Robin Jenkins Literary Award Retrieved 20 October 2010 External links
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