# William McIlvanney

> British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015)

**Wikidata**: [Q320327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320327)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McIlvanney)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-mcilvanney


## References

1. [Source](http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14126626.William_McIlvanney__the_great_Scottish_writer__poet_and_political_thinker__has_died/)
2. BnF authorities
3. Czech National Authority Database
4. general catalog of BnF
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. MusicBrainz
7. IMDb
8. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
9. Open Library
10. CONOR.SI
11. LIBRIS. 2015
12. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File