Robin Jenkins

Robin Jenkins

Robin Jenkins, OBE, was born in 1912. The author of more than thirty works of fiction, he received the Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award in 2002 for an outstanding contribution to Scottish life and in 2003 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saltire Society. Jenkins was hailed as ‘the greatest living fiction-writer in Scotland’ (Scotsman) before he died in 2005.