Author · Scotland
Sorley MacLean
Died in 1996
Sorley MacLean was born on 26 October 1911 on the island of Raasay, in a family of singers and tailors in which Gaelic was spoken. He studied English literature in Edinburgh, taught in the islands, wanted to go and fight in Spain but was prevented by his family, then served in North Africa, where he was wounded. Headmaster of a Highlands school from 1956, he defended the teaching of Gaelic there. Holder of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize. He died on 24 November 1996 in Inverness.
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- PoetryDàin do Eimhir agus Dàin EileSorley MacLean · 1943Literature