27th September 1958

Author Irvine Welsh is born

Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh and found immediate success with the 1993 publication of his first novel, Trainspotting. Within three years it had been made into a film with Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle in lead roles.

 

 

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