Douglas Stuart © Desiree Adams
Douglas Stuart © Desiree Adams

Douglas Stuart

Scotland, USA
Guest at the ILB: 2026

Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American writer and former fashion designer. He grew up in Glasgow and studied at the Royal College of Art before moving to New York. His debut novel «Shuggie Bain» won the Booker Prize and two British Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the US National Book Award for Fiction. His second novel «Young Mungo» became a number one Sunday Times bestseller. His short stories have appeared in «The New Yorker», and his essay on gender, anxiety, and class was published by «Lit Hub». Douglas Stuart lives in New York.

Last update: 2026

Shuggie Bain
Hanser Berlin
Berlin, 2021
(Ü: Sophie Zeitz)

Young Mungo
Hanser Berlin
Berlin, 2023
(Ü: Sophie Zeitz)

John of John
Hanser Berlin
Berlin, 2026
(Ü: Sophie Zeitz)

Events with Douglas Stuart

Reading
Douglas Stuart © Desiree Adams
Douglas Stuart
Hadnet Tesfai
Charly Hübner
Berliner Festspiele, Große Bühne
Fri 04.09.26,
7:30 pm
German, English
75'