''Chapman'' is a literary magazine based in
Edinburgh
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,
Scotland
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. It has published many Scottish and international authors, including
Iain Crichton Smith,
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...
,
Sorley MacLean and
Kathleen Raine. It covers new poetry and short fiction, as well as critical essays and reviews.
It was started in 1970 as ''The Chapman'', a pamphlet edited by
George Hardie and
Walter Perrie.
Robert Calder
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,
Joy Hendry
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and
Walter Perrie edited the magazine during 1975. Joy Hendry began editing the title first in conjunction with Perrie, then solo from Issue 16 in 1976. She was the magazine's editor until 2005.
It is variously known as ''Chapman magazine'', ''Chapman: Scotland's Quality Literary Magazine'', but ''Chapman'' is its proper title.
Notable contributors
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Richard Burns
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Stewart Conn
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Alasdair Gray
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...
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Duncan Glen
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Michael Horovitz
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Robert Lofton
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
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Sorley MacLean
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Aonghas MacNeacail
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Eric Mottram
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Kathleen Raine
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Iain Crichton Smith
See also
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List of literary magazines
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
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List of magazines published in Scotland
References
External links
Chapman
1970 establishments in Scotland
Literary magazines published in Scotland
Magazines established in 1970
Mass media in Edinburgh
Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Scottish literature
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