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 10 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.
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.
Corrected typescripts of poems of George Mackay Brown, "Ceremony for the Green King" and "The Viking`s Testament".
Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
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.
Manuscript of an unpublished poem, `Six Wee Haufs`, by George Mackay Brown, with a copy of `Phoenix: Moray House Review` (1961), in which two of the six sections were published as single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.
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.
Photocopy of a poem of George Mackay Brown, entitled "Michael Sheridan".
Poems of George Mackay Brown, including acrostic poems, and other poems included in Christmas cards.
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