Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
BornJames Leslie Mitchell
13 Febuar 1901
Dee'd7 Februar 1935
Thriftowther
Notable wirk(s)Sunset Song part of A Scots Quair

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]

Grassic Gibbon Centre, Artbuthnott

List o warks

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  • 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

See forby

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  1. ↑ a b "Lewis Grassic Gibbon". National Library of Scotland (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  2. ↑ a b c d Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (1995). A Scots quair. Thomas Crawford, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. ISBN 0-86241-532-2. OCLC 60251142.
  3. ↑ a b GIBBON, LEWIS GRASSIC (2021). SUNSET SONG. [S.l.]: CANONGATE BOOKS. ISBN 1-83885-197-6. OCLC 1196838058.
  4. ↑ "Sunset song - Scots quair - The books of Lewis Grassic Gibbon - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  5. ↑ Malcolm, William K. (2020). Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Liverpool. p. 131. ISBN 1-78962-063-5. OCLC 1103983015.
  6. ↑ Lyall, Scott. "What Sunset Song tells us about the modern world". The Conversation (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  7. ↑ Wyllie, James. "New book shines spotlight on Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic works". Press and Journal (in Inglis). Retrieved 21 Januar 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Grassic Gibbon Centre (Exhibition), Laurencekirk – Exhibitions". www.visitscotland.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  9. ↑ Wyllie, James. "Death of Daryll Mitchell, son of famed author Lewis Grassic Gibbon, marks 'end of an era'". Press and Journal (in Inglis). Retrieved 21 Januar 2022.
  10. ↑ "Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song voted Scotland's favourite novel". the Guardian (in Inglis). 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 Januar 2022.
  11. ↑ "What Sunset Song taught me about myself and my country". New Statesman (in Inglis). 29 Januar 2020. Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  12. ↑ "Nicola Sturgeon on Sunset Song - Sunset Song Quines Past and Present - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  13. ↑ Sunset Song (Drama), BBC Scotland, 25 Apryle 1976, retrieved 21 Januar 2022
  14. ↑ "Terence Davies talks the power of perseverance and his latest elegy for the past, 'Sunset Song'". SBS Movies (in Inglis). 28 Julie 2016. Retrieved 21 Januar 2022.
  15. ↑ "James Naughtie: the lost Scotland of Sunset Song". the Guardian (in Inglis). 24 November 2015. Retrieved 21 Januar 2022.
  16. ↑ GIBBON, LEWIS GRASSIC (2021). HANNO, OR THE FUTURE OF EXPLORATION : a new edition with an introduction. [S.l.]: JETSTONE. ISBN 1-910858-19-6. OCLC 1241244932.
  17. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1993). Stained radiance : a fictionist's prelude. London: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6141-7. OCLC 35212703.
  18. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1981). The thirteenth disciple. Edinburgh: Harris. ISBN 0-86228-008-7. OCLC 16559042.
  19. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1931). The Calends of Cairo (in Inglis). Jarrolds.
  20. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1986). Three go back. London: Greenhill. ISBN 0-947898-26-3. OCLC 16753874.
  21. ↑ Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (2001). The lost trumpet. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6295-2. OCLC 49737897.
  22. ↑ "Sunset song - Scots quair - The books of Lewis Grassic Gibbon - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 20 Januar 2022.
  23. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1998). Persian dawns, Egyptian nights. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6231-6. OCLC 39197039.
  24. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1933). Image and Superscription (in Inglis). Jarrolds.
  25. ↑ GIBBON, LEWIS GRASSIC (2020). CLOUD HOWE (ESPRIOS CLASSICS). [S.l.]: BLURB. ISBN 1-034-14900-8. OCLC 1230461720.
  26. ↑ LEWIS GRASSIC GIBBON (2021). SPARTACUS. [S.l.]: PEGASUS BOOKS. ISBN 1-63936-078-6. OCLC 1285492486.
  27. ↑ Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (1934). Niger: The Life of Mungo Park (in Inglis). Porpoise Press.
  28. ↑ Michell, James Leslie (1935). The Conquest of the Maya (in Inglis). E.P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated.
  29. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1934). Gay Hunter (in Inglis). W. Heinemann.
  30. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (1934). Scottish scene: Or The intelligent man's guide to Albyn. Lewis Grassic Gibbon [d. i. James Leslie Mitchell, u.] Hugh MacDiarmid [d. i. Christopher Murray Grieve] (in Inglis). Hutchinson.
  31. ↑ Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (1990). Grey granite. Edinburgh: Canongate Pub. ISBN 978-1-84767-806-5. OCLC 692563348.
  32. ↑ Mitchell, James Leslie (2000). Nine against the unknown : a record of geographical exploration. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6270-7. OCLC 45487028.
  33. ↑ Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (1994). The speak of the Mearns : with selected short stories and essays. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 0-7486-6167-0. OCLC 60000621.
  34. ↑ The international companion to Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Scott Lyall. Glasgow: Scottish Literature International. 2015. ISBN 978-1-908980-13-7. OCLC 921188321.CS1 maint: others (link)