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 1 Collection or Record:
Archive of John Murray VI and authors associated with him.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14349
Content Description
Includes correspondence, book files, manuscripts and proofs relating to Murray authors. Authors featured in the collection include: John Betjeman, Lesley Blanch, George Mackay Brown, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Noni Jabavu, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dervla Murphy and Freya Stark.Also included are some personal papers of Freya Stark.There are also letters to John Murray VI from correspondents including: Harold Acton, Michael Ayrton, Clive Bell, Isaiah Berlin, Hugh...
Dates:
[?1915-?2016.]
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