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David Bleiman
Born1953 (age 72–73)
Cape Town
Known forTrade 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]

Publications

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  • Labour and Scottish Nationalism (1979)[10]
  • This Kilt of Many Colours (2021)[11]
  • Tongue Stramash (2025)[12]
  • Gathering Light: A Cramond Causeway (2022)[13]

References

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  1. ↑ "David Bleiman". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  2. ↑ "The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Principals get pay call from teachers". The Herald. 1999-05-25. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Speaking Aut | Tes Magazine". www.tes.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  5. ↑ "University in wage docking threat". 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  6. ↑ "General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress", Wikipedia, 2025-05-09, retrieved 2026-02-04
  7. ↑ "David Bleiman wins Scots Language Association's Sangschaw competition". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Scotslanguage.com - Scots-Yiddish: A Dialect Re-imagined". www.scotslanguage.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  9. ↑ "Mixed Blessings: Mongrel verse and the uniformity of the military machine". The National. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  10. ↑ Keating, Michael; Bleiman, David (1979-06-17). Labour and Scottish Nationalism. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-04678-2.
  11. ↑ "This Kilt of Many Colours". Goodreads. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  12. ↑ "Tongue Stramash". Handsel Press. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  13. ↑ "Gathering Light by David Bleiman | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
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