Age, Biography and Wiki
Ali Smith was born on 24 August, 1962 in Inverness, Scotland, is a Scottish author and journalist (born 1962). Discover Ali Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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Author, playwright, academic, journalist |
| Age |
61 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
| Born |
24 August, 1962 |
| Birthday |
24 August |
| Birthplace |
Inverness, Scotland |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Ali Smith Height, Weight & Measurements
At 61 years old, Ali Smith height not available right now. We will update Ali Smith's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Ali Smith Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ali Smith worth at the age of 61 years old? Ali Smith’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Ali Smith's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist.
Smith was born in Inverness on 24 August 1962 to Ann and Donald Smith.
Her parents were working-class and she was raised in a council house in Inverness.
From 1967 to 1974 she attended St. Joseph's RC Primary school, then went on to Inverness High School, leaving in 1980.
She studied a joint degree in English language and literature at the University of Aberdeen from 1980 to 1985, coming first in her class in 1982 and gaining a top first in Senior Honours English in 1984.
She won the University's Bobby Aitken Memorial Prize for Poetry in 1984.
From 1985 to 1990 she attended Newnham College, Cambridge, studying for a PhD in American and Irish modernism.
During her time at Cambridge, she began writing plays and as a result, did not complete her doctorate.
Smith moved to Edinburgh from Cambridge in 1990 and worked as a lecturer in Scottish, English and American literature at the University of Strathclyde.
She left the university in 1992 because she was suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome.
She returned to Cambridge to recuperate.
As a young woman, Smith held several part-time jobs including a waitress, lettuce-cleaner, tourist board assistant, receptionist at BBC Highland and advertising copywriter.
While studying for her PhD at Cambridge, Smith wrote several plays which were staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Cambridge Footlights.
After some time working in Scotland, she returned to Cambridge to concentrate on her writing, in particular, focussing on short stories and freelancing as the fiction reviewer for The Scotsman newspaper.
In 1995, she published her first book, Free Love and Other Stories, a collection of 12 short stories which won the Saltire First Book of the Year award and Scottish Arts Council Book Award.
She writes articles for The Guardian, The Scotsman, New Statesman and The Times Literary Supplement.
In 2007, Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to literature.
In 2009, she donated the short story Last (previously published in the Manchester Review online) to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors.
Her story was published in the "Fire" collection.
Smith lives in Cambridge with her partner, filmmaker Sarah Wood.
Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting".
An honorary doctorate (D.Litt) was awarded to her by Newcastle University in 2019.
