Irvine Welsh
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Born in Leith, Edinburgh, Welsh left school at sixteen, completed a City and Guilds course in electrical engineering, served an apprenticeship as a TV repairer, and later earned an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, experiences that informed his gritty portrayals of working-class life. His debut novel Trainspotting (1993) became a cult phenomenon, ranking seventh in a 2016 poll of Scottish novels, a…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
