Rodge Glass

Rodge Glass (born 17 January 1978 in Cheshire){{Cite web |date=6 October 2021 |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://shortstoryproject.com/writers/rodge-glass/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Short Story Project |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Rodge Glass |url=http://covepark.org/artists/rodge-glass/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Cove Park}} is a British writer.

Biography

Glass was born in Cheshire, England. He attended an "Orthodox Jewish Primary School, an 11+ All Boys Grammar School, a Co-Ed Private School, a Monk-sponsored Catholic College, [and] Hebrew University in Jerusalem." In 1997,{{Cite web |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://www.faber.co.uk/author/rodge-glass/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Faber |language=en-US}} Glass moved to Scotland to receive an undergraduate degree from Strathclyde University. For graduate school, he attended Glasgow University, where he was tutored by Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Janice Galloway,{{Cite web |title=Spinning Scotland |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/conferences/spinningscotland/committee/rodge/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=University of Glasgow}} and received a Master of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing. Between 2002 and 2005, Glass worked as a personal assistant to Alasdair Gray, which inspired his later biography of the writer. In 2008, he received a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy degree from the University of Glasgow.{{Cite web |title=Roger Glass |url=https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/roger-glass |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=University of Strathclyde |language=en-GB}}

Glass has worked as an editor for multiple publications and written for The Guardian,{{Cite web |title=Rodge Glass |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rodge-glass |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} The Paris Review, The Herald, The Scotsman, and others. In 2013, he began working as a "Reader in Literary Fiction at Edge Hill University and Fiction Editor at Freight Books."

He is currently a Senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde, where he also serves as the Convener of the Master of Letters program in Creative Writing.{{Cite web |title=Dr Roger Glass |url=https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/glassrogerdr/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=University of Strathclyde}}

Awards

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2006

|No Fireworks

|Authors’ Club First Novel Award

|Nominee

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2006

|No Fireworks

|Dylan Thomas Prize

|Nominee

2006

|No Fireworks

|Glen Dimplex First Book Award

|Shortlist

|No Fireworks

|Saltire Award

|Nominee

2009

|Alasdair Gray

|Scottish Arts Council Award for Non-Fiction

|Nominee

2009

|Alasdair Gray

|Somerset Maugham Award

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=8 May 2020 |title=Somerset Maugham Awards |url=https://www2.societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-soa-awards/somerset-maugham-awards/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=The Society of Authors |language=en-GB}}

2013

|LoveSexTravelMusik

|Frank O’Connor Award

|Nominee