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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sorley MacLean canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish Gaelic poet
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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
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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
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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
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Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile NERFINISHED ⓘ Hallaig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
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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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