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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Incomplete manuscript of a children's magazine, 'The Celt', created by George Mackay Brown.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13906
Dates:
circa 1930.
Manuscript of 'Six wee haufs', a poem by George Mackay Brown, with a copy of 'Phoenix: Moray House review'.
File
Identifier: Acc.13122
Scope and Contents
The entire poem is unpublished, but the copy of 'Phoenix', 1961, included here features two of the six sections, published as single poems.
Dates:
Circa 1961.
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