Lewis Grassic Gibbon
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Lewis Grassic Gibbon (13t Februar 1901 - 7t Februar 1935), born James Leslie Mitchell wis a Scots owthor.[1]
Born an fesst up in Aiberdeenshire, he stairtit wirkin as a jurnalist fur the Aberdeen Journal an the Scottish Farmer at the age o 16. In 1920 he listit wi the Ryal Air Force, wirkin as a clark an spendin some time in the Middle Aest. In 1928 he quat the RAF an stairtit tae write fou-time. He wrat monie beuks an shorter warks baith unner his rael name an his nom de plume afore his airlie daith in 1935.[1]
Altho no recogneised in the owthor's lifetime, his trilogy A Scots Quair,[2] an in parteicular its first beuk Sunset Song[3] is conseidert tae be amang the definin warks o the 20t century Scots Renaissance.[4][5]
The leid he wrate in wis Inglis; the dialogue o his chairacters is meant tae be read as Scots, but is written in an Inglis-like kin o wey for tae mak readin mair eith for Inglis readers. For example, Grassic Gibbon wad write braw as "brave", an siller as "silver".[6]
His beuk Sunset Song his bin translatit intae Spainish, Pols, Czech, Japanese an Roushie amang mony mair leids.[7]
The Grassic Gibbon Centre wis estaiblisht in Arbuthnott in 1991 for tae commemorate the owthor's life an his the fairmaist collect o his warks an memorabilia, gien bi his son.[8][9]
In 2016 Sunset Song wis votit Scotland's favourite novelle in the BBC Love to Read public vote, afore J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter beuks, Iain Banks's The Wasp Factory nor ither weel-kent novelles ower mony ages.[10] A faitur airticle on the novelle wis screived bi Nicola Sturgeon, wha eeditet a new edition.[11][12] Sunset Song had bin pit oot oan TV bi BBC Scotland in 1971,1982 and 1983[13] wi Vivien Heilbron as 'Chris Guthrie', an a new pictur wi Agyness Deyn as Chris, directit bi Terence Davies, wis pit oot in 2016.[14][15]
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List o warks
- Hanno: or the Future of Exploration (1928)[16]
- Stained Radiance: A Fictionist's Prelude (1930)[17]
- The Thirteenth Disciple (1931)[18]
- The Calends of Cairo (1931)[19]
- Three Go Back (1932)[20]
- The Lost Trumpet (1932)[21]
- Sunset Song (1932),[3] the first beuk o the trilogy A Scots Quair[2][22]
- Persian Dawns, Egyptian Nights (1932)[23]
- Image and Superscription (1933)[24]
- Cloud Howe (1933),[25] the saicont beuk o the trilogy A Scots Quair[2]
- Spartacus (1933)[26]
- Niger: The Life of Mungo Park (1934)[27]
- The Conquest of the Maya (1934)[28]
- Gay Hunter (1934)[29]
- Scottish Scene (1934), wi Hugh MacDiarmid[30]
- Grey Granite (1934),[31] the thrid beuk o the trilogy A Scots Quair[2]
- Nine Against the Unknown (1934)[32]
- The Speak of the Mearns (1982),[33] furthset efter his daith
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Fremmit airtins
- The Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre (in Inglis)
- The International Companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Lyall, Scott (2015), pub. Scottish Literature International[34]
Media
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon filmography
- Sunset Song fir Heicher scholarts BBC bitesize
- BBC Scotland TV Sunset Song 1971 Pairts 1-3 Pairts 4-6
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