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
Ossian Prize
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
birthName Somhairle MacGill-Eain
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
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
linked to: Celtic mythology

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
literaryPeriod 20th century
militaryBranch British Army
movement Scottish Renaissance
name Sorley MacLean
nativeName Somhairle MacGill-Eain
notableWork Dàin do Eimhir
Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile
Hallaig
occupation poet
schoolteacher
translator
placeOfBirth Osgaig, Raasay, Scotland
linked to: Isle of Raasay
placeOfDeath Inverness, Scotland
politicalAlignment Scottish nationalist
socialist
positionHeld head teacher at Plockton High School
religion Presbyterian background
residence Raasay
Skye
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
Sorley MacLean name Sorley MacLean
Isle of Raasay hasCulturalAssociation Sorley MacLean