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Matthew Fitt was born on 1968, is a Scottish writer. Discover Matthew Fitt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?
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Matthew Fitt Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Matthew Fitt worth at the age of 56 years old? Matthew Fitt’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from . We have estimated Matthew Fitt's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Matthew Fitt (born 1968) is a Scots poet and novelist.
He was writer-in-residence at Greater Pollok in Glasgow, then National Scots Language Development Officer.
He has translated several literary works into Scots.
Fitt was born in 1968 in Dundee, Scotland.
His mother was a journalist, working for publications such as Mandy.
His great-grandfather William Beharrie was a novelist who wrote in Scots.
In his final year of school, his teachers showed him the works of Robert Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid.
After he graduated from university, he became a teacher but continued to write.
He was writer-in-residence at Greater Pollok in Glasgow, later National Scots Language Development Officer.
In 2002, together with James Robertson and Susan Rennie, he co-founded Itchy Coo, a publishing imprint and educational project to reintroduce schoolchildren to the Scots tongue.
His best known work and debut novel is But'n'Ben A-Go-Go, a cyberpunk novel in Lowland Scots.
Earlier works included The Hoose O Haivers, a loose retelling of the Metamorphoses of Ovid in Scots and The Smoky Smirr O Rain, a Scots anthology.
He wrote the lyrics to Icker in a Thrave, the 2007 Scots entry for the Liet-Lavlut song contest for minority languages in Europe.
The tune was written by Simon Thoumire, and the song was performed by Mairi Campbell (singing), Kevin Mackenzie (guitar), Clare McLaughlin (fiddle), and Simon Thoumire (concertina).
Fitt has translated several Asterix books into Scots.
The first was Asterix and the Picts (Asterix and the Pechts), published in 2013.
He has also translated several Roald Dahl novels, including The Twits (The Eejits), George's Marvellous Medicine (Geordie’s Mingin Medicine) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Chairlie and the Chocolate Works), and, in 2018, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane.
In May 2020, he was awarded the Scottish Book Trust's outstanding contribution to children's books award.
In December 2021, he became the cofounder and editor of Scots-language magazine Eemis Stane.
