Collected Poems
Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain 1911-1996) is generally recognised as the most significant writer in Scottish Gaelic of the twentieth century. Yet his work possesses a relevance extending far beyond the bounds of his nation or his language. His 1943 collection D'in do Eimhir agus D'in Eile(Poems to Eimhir) brought Gaelic poetry abreast of the modern world with breathtaking and notorious effectiveness. The love sequence at its core shows a young man battling with the conflicting claims of love and duty against the background of a continent hurtling unstoppably into all-out war. His political poem An Cuilithionn (The Cuillin) links the t…
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Weitere Autoren: Whyte, Christopher (Hrsg.) / Dymock, Emma (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84777-883-3
- EAN: 9781847778833
- Produktnummer: 19998521
- Verlag: Carcanet
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'128 KB
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Sorley MacLean was born on the island of Rasaay in 1911. He was brought up within a family and community immersed in Gaelic language and culture, particularly song. He studied English at Edinburgh University from 1929, taking a first class honours degree. Despite this influence, he eventually adopted Gaelic as the medium most appropriate for his poetry. He translated much of his own work into English, opening it up to a wider public. During the Spanish Civil War, MacLean was torn between family commitments and his desire to fight on behalf of the International Brigades. He eventually resigned himself to remaining on Skye. He fought in North Africa during World War Two, before taking up a career in teaching. During his teaching career, he held posts on Mull, in Edinburgh, and finally as Head Teacher at Plockton High School. Amongst other awards and honours, he received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990. He died in 1996 at the age of 85.Carcanet publishes the Collected Poems of Sorley MacLean in e-book form (paperback forthcoming).
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