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Naomi Mitchison (1897 - 1999) Go back far enough and all humankind are cousins [from the novel Early in Orcadia] Born Naomi Haldane on 1 November 1897 in Edinburgh, she married the barrister and Labour politician G. Richard Mitchison, later Baron Mitchison, and from 1937 lived at Carradale in Kintyre. Her first novels came out of her interest in classical mythology and history, including The Corn King and the Spring Queen (1931), and wrote over 70 books including novels for children, science fiction, two biographies, poetry, and short stories. Sponsored by the family and friends of Naomi Mitchison, 2001. Fiona MacColla (1906 - 1975) Fiona MacColla was the pen-name of Thomas Douglas Macdonald. Born on 4 March 1906 in Montrose, he trained as a teacher in Aberdeen, working in various schools in the Highlands and Western Isles. His novels are set against the changing way of life in the Highlands — his first novel, The Albannach, published to critical acclaim in 1932, depicts the rediscovering of the importance of community and tradition: …the land of the people of my blood - my fathers of the thousands of years, over the face of the world my roots in the soil of Alba. Although his literary output was relatively small, he was a major figure in the Scottish Renaissance and his ideas about Scotland, Scottish history and Scottish writing have greatly influenced subsequent writers. He died in 1975 in Edinburgh. Sponsored by the MacDonald Family, 2006.
Robert McLellan (1907 - 1985) The pouer to bigg a braw warld in his brain Marks man the only craitur that can greit. [from the closing lines of the play The Carlin Moth (1947)] Born on 28 January 1907 at Linmill, Kirkfieldbank, Lanarkshire, McLellan’s childhood was spent on his grandparents’ farm, which provided the inspiration for his Linmill stories. From 1938 McLellan lived on Arran, the setting for the long dramatic poem Sweet Largie Bay(1956), and Arran Burn (1965) written for a BBC TV programme about the island. Influenced by the leading writers of the Scottish Renaissance, such as MacDiarmid, McLellan was skilled as a poet and short storywriter. However, McLellan is best-known as a playwright, writing over 15 plays in a vigorous earthy Scots dialogue. His first major play was Jamie the Saxt, produced in Glasgow in 1937 and revived many times since. Although he always wrote in Scots about Scottish subjects and characters, he avoided sentimentality and, through comedy, focussed on major issues such as relationships, religion, politics, and the rights of ordinary citizens. McLellan lived and worked on the Isle of Arran until his death on 27 January 1985. Sponsored by the Arran Theatre and Arts Trust, 2007. J K Annand (1908 - 1993) Sing it aince for pleisure Sing it twice joy James King Annand was born and brought up in Edinburgh. He attended Broughton Secondary School and Edinburgh University before becoming a teacher of English and history. Best known for his bairnsang (short rhymes for children, often about birds or animals or imitating street games and rhymes), he also wrote poetry for adults in Scots and English, and translated work from German and mediaeval Latin into Scots. Annand edited Lines Review and Lallans (the magazine of the Scots Language Society, of which he was a founder member) and was an important figure in the Scottish literary scene. Sponsored by the Annand Family, 2008
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