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Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1928-1996. - 1996

Biography

Iain Crichton Smith was born in Glasgow, but his parents were both from the Isle of Lewis and the family moved back there in 1930.

Crichton Smith was educated at the Nicholson Institute (Stornoway) and the University of Aberdeen. He was a teacher by profession and taught at schools in Clydebank, Dumbarton and Oban until he retired in 1977 to pursue his writing career. Prolific, both in his native Gaelic and in English, he favoured exploring themes of island culture and religion. Though first and foremost a poet, he also produced novels, short stories, plays and criticism.

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

168 letters to George Mackay Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4847
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Willa Muir, Iain Crichton Smith and Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: 1947-1969.

Corrected manuscript of poem of Iain Crichton Smith, "Returning Exile".

 File
Identifier: Acc.4460
Scope and Contents

With typescript of the poem.

Dates: circa 1968.

Correspondence, 1968-1972, of Charles King with the University of London Press.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11686
Scope and Contents

Concerns King`s edition of "Twelve Modern Scottish Poets" (1971).

Includes letter of Iain Crichton Smith to Charles King, 1994.

Dates: 1968-1972, 1994.

Correspondence of and relating to Iain Crichton Smith.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13496
Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of letters received by Iain Crichton Smith, largely from publishers, literary magazines, newspapers, broadcasters, educational institutions, cultural organizations, research students and fans; with other material, such as invitations to exhibition openings, graduations and literary events, papers relating to the teaching of literature in schools, and ephemera.These papers were acquired with the collection now at Acc.12600, but due to an oversight...
Dates: 1978-2000 and undated.

Iain Crichton Smith, translations from Sorley MacLean's 'Dain do Eimhir', ca. 1970

 File
Identifier: Acc.13916/18
Scope and Contents

Verse translations by Iain Crichton Smith of a selection of poems of Sorley MacLean's 'Dain do Eimhir' (I-IV, VIII, XIV, XVII-XXIV, XXVII-XXXV, XXXVII, XLII-XLIII, XLV, XLVIII-L, LII, LIV-LV, LVII (3 versions). Iain Crichton Smith's translations were published in 1971.

Dates: ca. 1970

Letters of Iain Crichton Smith to David Morrison., 1968, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6741/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, Christopher Murray Grieve, Alexander Scott, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, on literary and personal matters.

Dates: 1968, undated.

Letters to, and audio-cassettes of interviews by, Raymond Ross, editor of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12649
Scope and Contents

Interviewees and correspondents include Valda Grieve, Norman MacCaig, Sorley MacLean, Edwin Morgan, Iain Crichton Smith.

Dates: circa 1979-2000.

Letters to Ian Rankin of correspondents with surnames and corporate names beginning S-Y, and of unidentified correspondents., 1978-2018, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50309
Scope and Contents The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname or corporate name of the correspondents, and chronologically under each name. Scheguila, Eva.Fax, 1995, of Eva Scheguila to Ian Rankin regarding oil rig research. Folio 1.Schlootz, Ellen.Letter, 1998, of Ellen Schlootz, translator, to Ian Rankin regarding Goldmann publishing the Rebus novels. Folio 2.Scobie, Devin, MP.Letter, 1994, of Devin Scobie, MP, to Ian...
Dates: 1978-2018, undated.

Letters to Maurice Lindsay from various literary figures.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11808
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include:

C M Grieve, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid

Neil M Gunn

Norman MacCaig

Iain Crichton Smith

Sydney Goodsir Smith

Douglas Young

Dates: 1944-1999 and undated.

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.

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Publication file of Victor Gollancz Ltd, publishers, relating to 'Selected poems', by Iain Crichton Smith.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14181
Scope and Contents

The file is mostly correspondence, but also includes agreements.

Dates: 1970-1992.

Video tape of a recording of a poetry reading by Joy Hendry, Norman MacCaig, William Neill and Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12310
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Valda Grieve, Brian Merriken Hill, Henry Mair, William Neill and Jim C Wilson.

Dates: circa 1982-2003.

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Subject
Letters. Correspondence. 7
Poetry. 6
Correspondence. 4
Manuscripts. 3
Typescripts. 2