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Matthew Fitt

Matthew Fitt is an award-winning author and translator, as well as an expert in Scots language education. Fitt is originally from Dundee, Scotland, and studied Literature at Edinburgh University. He has published various novels, picture books, and poetry collections as well as having translated popular works such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone into Scots. In 2002 he co-founded the Scots language children’s imprint called Itchy Coo at Black & White Publishing, a publishing house based in Scotland, with editor James Robertson. Fitt is active in both publishing and education, with outreach on behalf of the Scots language an important part of his work.


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Author’s website (accessed: March 13, 2020).



Bio prepared by Jean Menzies, University of Roehampton, menziesj@roehampton.ac.uk


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Matthew Fitt

Matthew Fitt is an award-winning author and translator, as well as an expert in Scots language education. Fitt is originally from Dundee, Scotland, and studied Literature at Edinburgh University. He has published various novels, picture books, and poetry collections as well as having translated popular works such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone into Scots. In 2002 he co-founded the Scots language children’s imprint called Itchy Coo at Black & White Publishing, a publishing house based in Scotland, with editor James Robertson. Fitt is active in both publishing and education, with outreach on behalf of the Scots language an important part of his work.


Sources:

Author’s website (accessed: March 13, 2020).



Bio prepared by Jean Menzies, University of Roehampton, menziesj@roehampton.ac.uk


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