David Bleiman
David Bleiman | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) Cape Town |
| Known for | Trade unionist and poet |
David Bleiman (born 1953) is a writer, poet and trade unionist based in Scotland.[1][2]
Bleiman was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1953 and moved first to London, then to Scotland.[citation needed]
Bleiman was the first Scottish official of the Association of University Teachers (University and College Union) and served as assistant general secretary.[3][4][5] He served as President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress in 2002.[6]
His poem, The Trebbler's Tale won the Sangschaw Prize in 2020.[7]
He writes in Scots-Yiddish[8][9] a dialect also favoured by poet AC Jacobs and writer David Daiches.[citation needed]
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[edit]- ↑ "David Bleiman". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "Principals get pay call from teachers". The Herald. 1999-05-25. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "Speaking Aut | Tes Magazine". www.tes.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "University in wage docking threat". 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress", Wikipedia, 2025-05-09, retrieved 2026-02-04
- ↑ "David Bleiman wins Scots Language Association's Sangschaw competition". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "Scotslanguage.com - Scots-Yiddish: A Dialect Re-imagined". www.scotslanguage.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "Mixed Blessings: Mongrel verse and the uniformity of the military machine". The National. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ Keating, Michael; Bleiman, David (1979-06-17). Labour and Scottish Nationalism. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-04678-2.
- ↑ "Tongue Stramash". Handsel Press. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ↑ "Gathering Light by David Bleiman | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
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