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 5 Collections and/or Records:
11 letters of George Mackay Brown.
File
Identifier: Acc.5760
Scope and Contents
With typescripts of his "Lifeboat and Other Poems".
Dates:
1970-1971.
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.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6839 Box 1(1)-Box 5
Dates:
1970-1974, undated.
Corrected typescripts of poems of George Mackay Brown, "Ceremony for the Green King" and "The Viking`s Testament".
File
Identifier: Acc.5201
Dates:
circa 1963.
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.
Typescript copy of play, circa 1969, of George Mackay Brown, "The Watcher".
File
Identifier: Acc.8735
Scope and Contents
With film treatment, 1964, of John Prebble and Austin Campbell, "Culloden".
Dates:
1964-circa 1969.
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