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Robert James Glendinning (born 1 September 1938), known as Robin Glendinning, is a Northern Irish playwright and former politician. Born in Belfast, the brother of Will Glendinning,〔John Stanley Bull, ''British and Irish dramatists since World War II'', pp.73-74〕 Robin grew up in County Armagh and studied at Rockport School, Campbell College and Trinity College Dublin.〔Gordon Lucy and Elaine MacClure, ''Cool Britannia?'', p.66〕〔John Peacock, ''Best Radio Plays of 1991'', p.1〕 He taught English and history at Omagh Academy for eleven years.〔〔 Glenndinning was a founder of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, and left teaching in 1973 to become its full-time political organiser.〔〔 He stood for the party in Mid Ulster at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973 and Armagh at the February 1974 UK general election, but missed election on both occasions.〔〔"(Mid Ulster 1973-1982 )", Northern Ireland Elections〕〔"(Armagh 1973-1983 )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 In 1976, Glendinning returned to teaching, working at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution,〔 although he remained politically active, campaigning for the Alliance Party into the 1980s,〔 and presenting a submission to the New Ireland Forum in 1983.〔"(New Ireland Forum Report, 2 May 1984 )", CAIN Web Service〕 He also began writing short stories, some of which were published in the ''Irish Times'', as a result of which he won the Hennessey Award.〔 Following this, he switched to write plays, several of which were produced for BBC Television and Radio. These early works included ''The Artist'', ''Condemning Violence'', ''Culture Vultures'', ''Faith'', ''Mumbo Jumbo'' and ''Stuffing It''.〔〔 In 1991, his ''Donny Boy'' won "Best New Play" at the inaugural TMA Awards,〔"(Previous Winners (1991-2004) )", UK Theatre〕 and this success inspired him to again quit teaching, this time to become a full-time writer.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robin Glendinning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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