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Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer)

 Person

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 25 Collections and/or Records:

162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12679
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson's daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem 'To George' by Jenny Robertson.

Dates: 1977-1996.

235 letters to Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10374
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: George Mackay Brown, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean and Muriel Spark.

Dates: 1964-1990.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of 'Lifeboat and other poems', by George Mackay Brown.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5760
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between George Mackay Brown, Richard Gilbertson and Norah Smallwood concerning Gilbertson's publishing of 'Lifeboat and other poems', with typescripts of several of the poems included in the collection.

Dates: 1970-1971.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates: 1800, 1934-2013, undated.

Diaries and correspondence of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6374
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn and Fionn MacColla.

Dates: 1966-1974.

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.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12814
Scope and Contents

Includes a covering letter from the recipient of these letters and cards, Valentina Poggi.

Dates: 1985-1997, 2007.

Letter and postcard of George Mackay Brown to Bernard Bergonzi concerning the latter's visit to Orkney in 1995.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12784
Scope and Contents

Inlcudes covering letter, 2007, of Bernard Bergonzi.

Dates: 1995, 2007.

Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13344
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1986-1995.

Letters of Hamish Henderson, Ian Hamilton Finlay and George Mackay Brown to Maurice Fleming.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14018
Scope and Contents

Comprising two letters (1957, 1958) of Hamish Henderson; two letters (1965, ?1966) of Ian Hamilton Finlay; one letter (1966) of George Mackay Brown.

Dates: 1957-1966.

Literary correspondence of Alastair Fowler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11117
Scope and Contents

Comprises circa 1000 letters and copies of letters from correspondents including George Mackay Brown, Edwin Morgan and Iain Crichton Smith.

Dates: 1960-1994.

Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Edwin and Willa Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10557
Scope and Contents

Includes 52 letters of George Mackay Brown.

Dates: 1939-1976.

Two letters of George Mackay Brown to John Wilson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14426
Scope and Contents

On life at Moray House, and on Brown's poetry.

Dates: 1960-1961.

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Letters. Correspondence. 21
Poetry. 5
Correspondence. 4
Postcards. 3
Typescripts. 3