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Sorley MacLean

Sorley MacLean

Sorley MacLean was born on the island of Rasaay in 1911. He was brought up within a family and community immersed in Gaelic language and culture, particularly song. He studied English at Edinburgh University from 1929, taking a first class honours degree. Despite this influence, he eventually adopted Gaelic as the medium most appropriate for his poetry. He translated much of his own work into English, opening it up to a wider public. During the Spanish Civil War MacLean was torn between family commitments and his desire to fight on behalf of the International Brigades. He eventually resigned himself to remaining on Skye. He fought in North Africa during World War Two, before taking up a career in teaching, holding posts on Mull, in Edinburgh and finally as Head Teacher at Plockton High School. Amongst other awards and honours, he received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990. He died in 1996 at the age of 85.

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Dain do Eimhir

Dain do Eimhir


ISBN: 9781846970252
Category: Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic
Author: Sorley MacLean
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: Paperback
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Written mostly during the 1930s, the sequence consists of forty-eight love poems addressing a universal ‘eimhir’, or woman.


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Sorley MacLean: Collected Poems

Sorley MacLean: Collected Poems


ISBN: 9781846971907
Category: Poetry
Author: Sorley MacLean
Publication Date: October 2011
Format: Hardback
Price: £25.00
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Synopsis:

Caoir Gheal Leumraich/White Leaping Flame

Edited by Christopher Whyte and Emma Dymock

'It is often late, by chance, and with sudden delight, that we find those poets who later become vital to us … I knew Sorley MacLean by reputation before I felt his authority … what was unlooked for has grown indispensable' – SEAMUS HEANEY

This definitive edition brings together everything published during the poet's life time and the love sequence in its fullest form, along with extracts from the 1939 manuscript of An Cuilithionn and a generous selection of unpublished poems.

 


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