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 16 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Notes of Peter Butter relating to George Mackay Brown ; press relating to George Mackay Brown collected by Peter Butter., Circa 1992-1996.
File named ‘PB’s notes on: GMB, CMG, Henry James’ by Peter Butter.
Press file for "A Calendar of Love and Other Stories" by George Mackay Brown, 2000
This sub-series also includes press files for edited collections on the lives and careers of Lord Byron and John Betjeman.
Press file for "Following a Lark: Poems" by George Mackay Brown, 1996
File contains a copy letter from Publicity Manager Stephanie Allen to Mackay Brown, including a press contacts list for review copies of the book.
Press file for "For the Islands I Sing" by George Mackay Brown, 1996-1998
This sub-series also includes press files for edited collections on the lives and careers of Lord Byron and John Betjeman.
Press file for "For the Islands I Sing" by George Mackay Brown, 1996-1997
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, alongside brief publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence.
Press file for "George Mackay Brown: Selected Poems, 1954-1983" by George Mackay Brown, 1991
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, editorial memoranda, a marketing information questionnaire, and publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence. Reference is also made in the file to Mackay Brown's 70th birthday celebrations.
Press file for "George Mackay Brown: Selected Poems, 1954-1983" by George Mackay Brown, 1996-1997
File contains publishing correspondence, a brief sales report, editorial memoranda, and press contacts lists for review copies of the book. Reference is also made to the death of George Mackay Brown and a possible biography.
Press file for "Northern Lights: A Poet's Sources" by George Mackay Brown, 1999
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, alongside brief publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence.
Press file for "Northern Lights: A Poet's Sources" by George Mackay Brown, 1999-2000
This sub-series also includes press files for edited collections on the lives and careers of Lord Byron and John Betjeman.
Press file for "The Island of the Women and Other Stories" by George Mackay Brown, 1998
File contains a press contacts list for review copies of the book and publicity material.
Press file for "The Island of the Women and Other Stories" by George Mackay Brown, 1998-2000
This sub-series also includes press files for edited collections on the lives and careers of Lord Byron and John Betjeman.
Press file for "The Wreck of the Archangel: Poems" by George Mackay Brown, 1994-1995
File contains a press contacts list for review copies of the book, a photocopied press cutting, and brief publicity material.
Press file for "The Wreck of the Archangel: Poems" by George Mackay Brown, 1989-1990
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, alongside publishing memoranda and correspondence concerning publicity and promotion for the title.
Press file for "Vinland" by George Mackay Brown, 1992-1993
This sub-series also includes press files for edited collections on the lives and careers of Lord Byron and John Betjeman.
Press file for "Winter Tales" by George Mackay Brown, 1995-1996
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, brief publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence, print photographs of Mackay Brown, and a colour book jacket proof. File also contains a photocopy press cutting concerning John Murray, publishers, and their business performance in 1994-1995.
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