Muriel Gray

**Muriel Janet Gray** FRSE (an haife ta a ranar 30 ga Agusta 1958) marubuciya ce 'yar ƙasar Scotland, mai watsa shirye-shirye kuma 'yar jarida. Ta shahara a bainar jama'a a matsayin mai yin hira a wani shirin talabijin na Channel 4 mai suna *The Tube*, sannan ta fito a matsayin mai gabatarwa a rediyon BBC . Gray ta yi rubutu a *Time Out*, *Sunday Herald* da *[[The Guardian]]*, da sauran wallafe-wallafe, da kuma buga littattafan ban tsoro masu nasara. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar kwamitin gwamnoni a Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow . Ita ce darakta mara zartarwa ta BBC .

## Rayuwa ta sirri
An haifi Gray a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 1958 a Gabashin Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland.  Tana da wani ɓangare na zuriyar Yahudawa. Ta gabatar da wani shirin gaskiya na Channel 4 wanda ke nuna tushenta na Yahudawa daga ɓangaren mahaifiyarta, mai suna *The Wondering Jew* (1996), inda ta gano zuriyar mahaifiyarta ta fito ne daga abin da yanzu ake kira Moldova . 

Gray ta auri mai shirya fina-finai Hamish Barbour tun daga shekarar 1991,  kuma suna da 'ya'ya uku.  A shekarar 1997, 'yarsu ta kusa nutsewa a cikin wani tafki mai lambu, wanda hakan ya sa kwakwalwarta ta lalace har abada. 

## Sana'a

### Farkon aikina
Gray ya kammala karatunsa a Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararren mai zane sannan kuma mataimakin shugaban zane a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Ƙasa da ke Edinburgh. 

### Aikin watsa labarai
Bayan ta buga waƙar punk mai suna Family Von Trapp, ta zama mai yin hira a farkon shirin pop na Channel 4 mai suna *The Tube* daga 1982; ita ce babbar mai gabatar da shirin ITV Border mai suna *Bliss*  a 1985, ta sake gabatar *da Frocks on the Box* (1987–88) da *The Media Show* (1987–89) a Channel 4.  Ta kasance DJ na ɗan lokaci ga Radio Forth na Edinburgh a 1983 da 1984. Ta kasance mai gabatarwa a BBC Radio 1 a yawancin shekarun tamanin, ciki har da John Peel . Ta kuma kasance mai gabatarwa akai-akai a BBC Radio 4, don *Fara Mako* a rashin Russell Harty da kuma lokacin hutun Jeremy Paxman .

Daga baya Gray ta gabatar da shirin Munro (wanda ya rubuta ta hawa wasu tsaunuka mafi tsayi a Scotland, Munros ). Ta raka wannan littafin The First Fifty – Munro Bagging Without A Geard . Ta gabatar da wasu shirye-shiryen talabijin daban-daban, ciki har da Ride On, wani shirin mujallar motoci na Channel 4, The Design Awards, na BBC, da kuma kyautar The Booker Prize na Channel 4.

Gray ya gabatar da *shirin Art Is Dead – Long Live TV* . Wannan shirin ya haifar da ce-ce-ku-ce lokacin da aka gano cewa shirin, wanda ya shafi ayyukan mawaka biyar, ba gaskiya ba ne. 

Gray ya gabatar da shirin gaskiya game da The Glasgow Boys, ƙungiyar masu zane-zane masu tasiri a ƙarni na 19, ciki har da Sir John Lavery da James Guthrie, waɗanda suka ƙalubalanci ƙa'idodin gargajiya na zamaninsu. An nuna *yaran Glasgow* a BBC2.

Gray ya gabatar da shirin Channel 4 na bikin bayar da kyautar Turner ta 2016 a Glasgow tare. 

A shekarar 2017, Gray ya yi wani fim mai suna " Private View ", wato shirin ƙarshe na shirin talabijin na uku na barkwancin baƙar fata *mai suna Inside No. 9.* 

### Rubutu
Gray ta kasance marubuciya a wallafe-wallafe da dama, ciki har da mujallar *Time Out*, jaridar *Sunday Correspondent*, jaridar *Sunday Mirror*, da mujallar *Bliss*, kuma yanzu tana rubuta wani shafi na yau da kullun a jaridar *Sunday Herald* . Ta lashe kyautar Columnist of the Year a kyaututtukan manema labarai na Scotland na 2001. Tana rubutu akai-akai ga *[[The Guardian|jaridar The Guardian]]* .

Ta zama marubuciyar labari mai ban tsoro da ta fi sayarwa da wallafa littafinta na farko mai suna *The Trickster* (1995), wanda ya biyo baya da wasu biyu, *Furnace* da *The Ancient* . Stephen King ya bayyana *The Ancient* a matsayin "Tsoro da rashin iya yin komai." A shekara ta 2004 an buga tarin gajerun labarai, *<nowiki/>'Yan Matan Scotland Game da Town: Kuma an buga wasu marubuta mata goma sha shida na Scotland* . An zaɓi Gray tare da Jenny Colgan da Isla Dewar don fitowa a murfin littafin. 

Ta rubuta tarihin Gidan Tarihi da Gidan Tarihi na Kelvingrove na Glasgow don bikin sake buɗe shi a shekarar 2006. Ta bayyana a shirin BBC Two mai *suna Grumpy Old Women* .

A shekarar 2014 ta ba da gudummawar wani sabon rubutu don aikin juyin juya hali na 21 wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi daga tarin da aka gudanar a ɗakin karatu na mata na Glasgow. 

### Abubuwan sha'awar kasuwanci
Gray ta fara kamfanin shirya fina-finai nata a shekarar 1989, wanda aka fara kiransa da Gallus Besom ( *wanda ake kira* da kalmar raini ta Scotland ko ta Ingilishi ta Arewa ga mace mai girman kai ko kuma mai rashin kunya da gangan    da kuma *gallus* mai ƙarfin hali ko kuma mai kunya  a Scotland ),  sannan aka sake masa suna zuwa Ideal World a shekarar 1993.  Ta haɗu a shekarar 2004 da Wark Clements, kamfanin da Kirsty Wark da mijinta Alan Clements suka mallaka, don kafa IWC Media. Daga nan abokan hulɗar suka sayar da sabon kamfanin a shekarar 2005 ga kamfanin watsa labarai na RDF Media kan kimanin fam miliyan 12.

## Girmamawa da naɗi

* Ita tsohuwar shugabar jami'ar Edinburgh ce, mace ta farko da ta taɓa riƙe wannan muƙamin, kuma a shekarar 2006 an ba ta digirin girmamawa na digirin digirgir na wasiƙu daga Jami'ar Abertay Dundee .
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* A shekarar 2013 an ba ta digirin girmamawa, wato Doctor of Letters, daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow da Jami'ar Glasgow.
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* A cikin siffarta ta mai hawa dutse, ta fito a cikin fim ɗin barkwanci mai suna *The Broons* . 
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* Ita ce shugabar alkalai na kyautar Orange Prize ta 2007 don Fiction . 
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* Ta kasance alkali a kyautar Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. 
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* Gray shi ne mataimakin shugaban kwamitin da ya zaɓi mai ginin sabon gini da za a gina a wani wuri da ke fuskantar Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow ta Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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* Makarantar Fasaha ta Glasgow ta naɗa ta a matsayin mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar kwamitin gwamnonin daga 2013-2021. 
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* An naɗa ta a kwamitin amintattu na Gidan Tarihi na Burtaniya a watan Disamba na 2015  Ta yi murabus daga wannan mukamin a watan Nuwamba na 2023.
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* An ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa ta The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland a watan Yulin 2016 
* An zaɓe shi a matsayin memba na Royal Society of Edinburgh a watan Maris na 2018 
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* An naɗa shi a Hukumar BBC a matsayin darakta mara zartarwa daga 3 ga Janairu 2022 zuwa 2 ga Janairu 2026. 
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## Aikin sadaka
A shekara ta 2005, Gray ta zama mai kula da ƙungiyar agaji ta Scotland mai suna Trees for Life wadda ke aiki don dawo da dajin Caledonian . Ita kuma mai kula da Cibiyar Craighalbert ce, wata makarantar koyar da ilimi mai zurfi da ke Cumbernauld kusa da Glasgow. A halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin amintacce a kan waɗannan allunan: Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Glasgow, Gidan Tarihi na Maritime na Scotland, The Lighthouse da Majalisar Yara. Tana goyon bayan Action Earth.  A watan Janairun 2009 ta zama mai kula da farko na Ƙungiyar Tattaunawar Bukatun Tallafi na Ƙarin Tallafi ta Scotland, RESOLVE:ASL.

## Rubutu

### Almara

* An zaɓi ɗan wasan kwaikwayo *na The Trickster* (1994), don samun kyautar littafin British Fantasy Society Best Novel ta shekarar 1995.
* *Murhu* (1996)
* *Tsohon* (2000)

### Ba almara ba

* *Hamsin na Farko: Jakar Munro Ba Tare da Gemu Ba* (1991) 
* *Waɗannan Zamani, Wannan Wuri* (2005) 
* *Gidan Tarihi da Fasaha na Kelvingrove: Tashar Glasgow zuwa Duniya* . (2006) 

## Manazarta