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Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi ( / ˈtrɒki / TROK-ee; 30 July 1925 – 15 April 1984) was a Scottish novelist . Early life and career.
Jul 26, 2021 · Born to an Italian father and Scottish mother on July 30th, 1925, Alexander Trocchi’s humble beginnings in the city are at odds with the dangerous and unpredictable life he led as a beat poet.
The biography of Alexander Trocchi suggests a life of many parts: writer, artist, husband, father, activist, heroin-addict, revolutionary.
ALEXANDER TROCCHI – JUNK MALE. Contrary to popular belief, Irvine Welsh wasn’t the first Scottish novelist to deal openly and candidly with his long-standing relationship with heroin. He was pre-empted some thirty-odd years by a hip, young Glaswegian of Italian extraction named Alexander Trocchi.
IT’S difficult to imagine two novelists further apart in temperament, disposition, appetite, background and character than George Mackay Brown and Alexander Trocchi. Bringing them together reveals contrasts far more than comparisons.
Alexander Trocchi. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow. Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi lived from 30 July 1925 to 15 April 1984. He was a novelist who became a contributor to the "beat generation" in the USA.
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Alexander Trocchi was a “junkie, visionary, pimp, beat, literary outlaw, pornographer, philosopher, pig farmer, underground organiser and antique book dealer” — but he was also a writer.
