Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer)
Dates
- Existence: 1921-1996. - 1996
Biography
George Mackay Brown (1921-96), was a novelist, poet and playwright, who was born in Orkney. He was educated at Newbattle Abbey College and the University of Edinburgh, and, apart from his time at these institutions, he rarely left the islands of his birth.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
11 letters of George Mackay Brown.
With typescripts of his "Lifeboat and Other Poems".
34 letters to David Morrison of correspondents including George Mackay Brown, Neil Gunn, and Fionn MacColla, all concerning the 'Scotia Review'; with associated typescripts and page proofs of poems and articles.
104 letters of George Mackay Brown to Patricia Crouden.
162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.
Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson`s daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem "To George" by the donor.
235 letters to Alan Bold.
Correspondents include: George Mackay Brown, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean and Muriel Spark.
Archive of John Murray VI and authors associated with him.
Corrected page proofs of George Mackay Brown, "Greenvoe" (1972).
Corrected typescripts of poems of George Mackay Brown, "Ceremony for the Green King" and "The Viking`s Testament".
Diaries and correspondence of David Morrison.
Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn and Fionn MacColla.
Editing script of a BBC television broadcast by George Mackay Brown, "A Writer in Orkney".
Four letters and two postcards of George Mackay Brown and six letters of George Davie concerning his wife, the writer Elspeth Davie, to Valentina Poggi.
Includes a covering letter from the recipient of these letters and cards, Valentina Poggi.
Incomplete manuscript of a children's magazine, 'The Celt', created by George Mackay Brown.
Letter and postcard of George Mackay Brown to Bernard Bergonzi, concerning the latter`s visit to Orkney in 1995.
Inlcudes covering letter, 2007.
Letter of George Mackay Brown.
Concerns a story of a shipwreck on North Ronaldsay.
Letters of George Mackay Brown to David Morrison., 1965-1969.
Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, Christopher Murray Grieve, Alexander Scott, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, on literary and personal matters.
Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford.
Letters, 1986-1994, of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Grawford; with manuscript and typescript poems and acrostics, 1986-1995; uncorrected typescript, 1986, of "The Ballad of the Golden Bird"; sketchbook, 1985, of Kenna Crawford containing manuscript poem of George Mackay Brown.
Letters of George Mackay Brown to Peter and Betty Grant, with literary papers including manuscript of `Greenvoe` (1972) and typescript of `Hawkfall and other stories` (1974), with photographs of George Mackay Brown, his mother and friends.
Letters of Hamish Henderson, Ian Hamilton Finlay and George Mackay Brown to Maurice Fleming.
Comprising two letters (1957, 1958) of Hamish Henderson; two letters (1965, ?1966) of Ian Hamilton Finlay; one letter (1966) of George Mackay Brown.
Literary correspondence of Alastair Fowler.
Comprises circa 1000 letters and copies of letters from correspondents including George Mackay Brown, Edwin Morgan and Iain Crichton Smith.
Manuscript of an unpublished poem, `Six Wee Haufs`, by George Mackay Brown, with a copy of `Phoenix: Moray House Review` (1961), in which two of the six sections were published as single poems.
Manuscripts and typescripts of short stories and poems of George Mackay Brown.
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