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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 57 Collections and/or Records:

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.

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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Type
Browse Resources 41
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Subject
Letters. Correspondence. 21
Poetry. 10
Typescripts. 5
Correspondence. 4
Acrostics. 3