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 1 Collection or Record:
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.
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