Alasdair Maclean

Alasdair Maclean

Alasdair Maclean (born 1926) is a Scottish poet and writer. Born in Glasgow, he left school at 14 and took a variety of jobs, mostly as a labourer. [Poetry Book Society Bulletin. No 79: Christmas 1973] He did National Service in India and Malaya, and lived for ten years in Canada. From 1966 to 1970 he attended Edinburgh University as a mature student, graduating with an M.A. in English.

He began to write poetry at the age of 20, but wrote only very sporadically until 1966. His first book of poems, "From the Wilderness" was the Poetry Book Society Choice for 1973. His autobiographical book "Night Falls on Ardnamurchan" weaves his own humorous and perceptive account of the crofting life, with extracts from his father’s journal.

Books

*Maclean, Alasdair. (1973) "From the Wilderness". Victor Gollancz, ISBN 0 575 01807 0
*cite book
last = Maclean
first = Alasdair
year = 1993
title = Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a Crofting Family
publisher = Birlinn
id = ISBN 1841581593

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