Sorley MacLean

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Sorley MacLean was a 20th-century Scottish Gaelic poet whose innovative and politically charged verse helped revive and modernize Gaelic literature.

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instanceOf Scottish Gaelic poet
person
poet
awardReceived Macallan Scotland on Sunday Scottish Writer of the Year Award NERFINISHED
Ossian Prize NERFINISHED
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry NERFINISHED
birthName Somhairle MacGill-Eain NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1911-10-26
dateOfDeath 1996-11-24
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
ethnicGroup Scottish
gender male
genre lyric poetry
political poetry
hasInfluenced contemporary Scottish Gaelic poets
influencedBy Celtic literature NERFINISHED
European modernist poetry
Scottish Gaelic oral tradition
knownFor integrating political themes into Gaelic verse
modernist innovations in Gaelic literature
revitalizing 20th-century Scottish Gaelic poetry
languageOfExpression English
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th century
militaryBranch British Army
movement Scottish Renaissance NERFINISHED
name Sorley MacLean NERFINISHED
nativeName Somhairle MacGill-Eain NERFINISHED
notableWork Dàin do Eimhir NERFINISHED
Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile NERFINISHED
Hallaig NERFINISHED
occupation poet
schoolteacher
translator
placeOfBirth Osgaig, Raasay, Scotland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Inverness, Scotland NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Scottish nationalist
socialist
positionHeld head teacher at Plockton High School
religion Presbyterian background
residence Raasay NERFINISHED
Skye NERFINISHED
subjectOf critical studies of Scottish Gaelic literature

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Scottish literature notableAuthor Sorley MacLean
Raasay hasNotablePerson Sorley MacLean
Scottish Renaissance notableFigure Sorley MacLean