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Gairm
''Gairm'' was a Scottish Gaelic quarterly magazine founded in 1951 by Derick Thomson, and Finlay J. MacDonald (Fionnlagh Domhnallach). Its first issue was published in Autumn 1952. MacDonald served as an editor until 1964; Thomson remained present for decades until it ceased publication in 2004, producing just over 200 issues in total. According to Alan Campbell, the magazine was a "one-man show;" he explained that Thomson "sustained something very valuable for a long period of time." Although it had a relatively low circulation, it was influential on Gaelic literature as it was the longest-running Gaelic literary magazine of the 20th century, in circulation for more than twice as long as its predecessor, '' Guth na Bliadhna''. Gairm attempted to encompass a variety of perspectives and themes, and "disseminated a lot of work that we weren't aware of" in the words of Martin MacDonald. As well as being familiar to most literate Gaels, the magazine attracted almost all influential Gael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crìsdean Whyte
Christopher Whyte (''Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin'') is a Scottish poet, novelist, translator and critic. He is a novelist in English, a poet in Scottish Gaelic, the translator into English of Marina Tsvetaeva, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Rainer Maria Rilke, and an innovative and controversial critic of Scottish and international literature. His work in Gaelic appears under the name Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin. Whyte first published some translations of modern poetry into Gaelic, including poems by Konstantinos Kavafis, Yannis Ritsos and Anna Akhmatova. He then published two collections of original poetry in Gaelic, ''Uirsgeul'' (''Myth''), 1991 and ''An Tràth Duilich'' (''The Difficult Time''), 2002. In the meantime he started to write prose in English and has published four novels, ''Euphemia MacFarrigle and the Laughing Virgin'' (1995), ''The Warlock of Strathearn'' (1997), ''The Gay Decameron'' (1998) and ''The Cloud Machinery'' (2000). In 2002, Whyte won a Scottish Research Book o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Whyte (writer)
Christopher Whyte (''Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin'') is a Scottish poet, novelist, translator and critic. He is a novelist in English, a poet in Scottish Gaelic, the translator into English of Marina Tsvetaeva, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Rainer Maria Rilke, and an innovative and controversial critic of Scottish and international literature. His work in Gaelic appears under the name Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin. Whyte first published some translations of modern poetry into Gaelic, including poems by Konstantinos Kavafis, Yannis Ritsos and Anna Akhmatova. He then published two collections of original poetry in Gaelic, ''Uirsgeul'' (''Myth''), 1991 and ''An Tràth Duilich'' (''The Difficult Time''), 2002. In the meantime he started to write prose in English and has published four novels, ''Euphemia MacFarrigle and the Laughing Virgin'' (1995), ''The Warlock of Strathearn'' (1997), ''The Gay Decameron'' (1998) and ''The Cloud Machinery'' (2000). In 2002, Whyte won a Scottish Research Book of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derick Thomson
Derick Smith Thomson (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ruaraidh MacThòmais''; 5 August 1921, Stornoway – 21 March 2012, Glasgow) was a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He was originally from Lewis, but spent much of his life in Glasgow, where he was Professor of Celtic at the University of Glasgow from 1963 to 1991. He is best known for setting up the publishing house Gairm, along with its magazine, which was the longest-running periodical ever to be written entirely in Gaelic, running for over fifty years under his editorship. Gairm has since ceased, and was replaced by '' Gath'' and then STEALL. He was an Honorary President of the Scottish Poetry Library, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy. In June 2007, he received an honorary degree from Glasgow University. Life Thomson was originally from Upper Bayble (''Pabail Uarach'') on Lewis, the same village that produced two other Gaelic writers of note, Iain Crichton Smith and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruaraidh MacThòmais
Derick Smith Thomson (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ruaraidh MacThòmais''; 5 August 1921, Stornoway – 21 March 2012, Glasgow) was a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He was originally from Lewis, but spent much of his life in Glasgow, where he was Professor of Celtic at the University of Glasgow from 1963 to 1991. He is best known for setting up the publishing house Gairm, along with its magazine, which was the longest-running periodical ever to be written entirely in Gaelic, running for over fifty years under his editorship. Gairm has since ceased, and was replaced by '' Gath'' and then STEALL. He was an Honorary President of the Scottish Poetry Library, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy. In June 2007, he received an honorary degree from Glasgow University. Life Thomson was originally from Upper Bayble (''Pabail Uarach'') on Lewis, the same village that produced two other Gaelic writers of note, Iain Crichton Smith an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilidh Watt
Eilidh Watt (22 January 1908 – 25 August 1996) was a Gaelic broadcaster and writer from the Isle of Skye. She was a campaigner for equality and women's rights. Early life Eilidh (Helen) MacAskill was born on the Isle of Skye on 22 January 1908. Her mother was Chirsty MacLean, and her father was the local blacksmith in the township of Skinidin. Education and career Watt attended Portree High School and graduated from Glasgow University. She then worked as a school teacher, teaching English in Tarbert, Harris, and Portree before marrying Robert Watt and relocating to his native Dunfermline. Upon her marriage, she was required to retire from teaching, but was brought back into service as a teacher during the Second World War, rising to the position of Deputy Head of Moss-side Secondary School in Cowdenbeath. She became a campaigner for equality with both thEISand the newly formed Commonwealth Party. Literary contributions Eilidh Watt was a prolific writer of Scottish Gae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Moireach
Iain Moireach (John Murray) (27 March 1938 – 17 November 2018) was a Scottish Gaelic writer from Barvas, Isle of Lewis. He wrote poetry, screenplays, and short stories. He published many short stories in the Gaelic magazines ''Gairm'' and '' Gath''. Life Moireach was born in Barvas, Lewis. He was educated at the Nicolson Institute and at the University of Edinburgh.Dòmhnall Iain MacLeòid (ed). He taught at a school in Musselburgh. He was the editor for Comunn nan Leabhraichean since 1969. He was the son of Finlay and Jessie Anne Murray (née MacLeod), and married his wife Nora Murray (Borve, Isle of Lewis) on 29 July 1968. Nora died on 5 April 2010. Notable short stories * 'Am Bucas' * 'Am Partaidh' *Briseadh na Cloiche' * 'Dà mhionad, no Fracas' * 'An Dealachadh' 'Feòil a' Gheamhraidh' * 'Mo Chrannchur' Books Novels * ''An rathad dhachaigh'' (Stornoway: Acair, 1994) Short stories * ''An Aghaigh Choimheach'' (1973) Scripts * ''Snìomh nan dual'' (Stornoway: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gath (magazine)
''Gath'' is the name of a Scottish Gaelic language magazine that was published by Gath Earranta. The first edition was published in August 2003, intending to replace the older ''Gairm'' magazine, which had closed. ''Gath'' aimed to reproduce the mainstream appeal of its predecessor, whilst attracting a younger audience with fresh topics, such as contemporary music and current events. Each issue contained a number of short stories, essays, and poems; over 500 short stories were published in the magazine. Bòrd na Gàidhlig provided a £5000 foundational grant and ongoing support, and Gath was published biannually from 2003 until at least 2008. The reception was generally positive.Mac Neacaill, Aonghas.A YEAR IN SCOTTISH GAELIC WRITING." Transcript: Europe's Online Review of International Writing. Originally published Dec 29, 2003. Accessed 19 Jan. 2017. Writers who published in the magazine include some of the most respected Gaelic writers, such as Christopher Whyte, Aonghas Phàdra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guth Na Bliadhna
''Guth na Bliadhna'' ("Voice of the Year") was a Scottish Gaelic and English-language magazine published between 1904 and 1925 in Glasgow. It was known for its focus on politics, particularly issues radical at the time such as Scottish independence and even the political union of Ireland, Scotland, and other Celtic-language speaking areas. The magazine was established by a Roman Catholic, Ruaraidh Arascain is Mhàirr, a Lowland Scottish aristocrat who had learned Gaelic from a nurse. The next long-running Gaelic periodical would be ''Gairm'', first published in 1952. Patrick Pearse once contributed to the publication. References External links ''Guth na Bliadhna'', vol. 1-4available at the website of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig () (Great Barn of Ostaig) is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle (the ... * ''Guth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Campbell Hay
George Campbell Hay (1915–1984) was a Scottish Symbolist poet and translator, who wrote in Scottish Gaelic, Scots and English. He used the patronymic Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa. He also wrote poetry in French, Italian and Norwegian, and translated poetry from many languages into Gaelic. Life He was born in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, and brought up in Tarbert, Kintyre and Argyll, where his father, the novelist John MacDougall Hay, had been born. He was educated at Fettes College (which he despised) and the University of Oxford. He served in the British Army in North Africa, Italy and Macedonia during World War II, a region which featured in much of his work and then lived for a long period in Edinburgh where he worked in the National Library of Scotland. He was a Scottish nationalist. His life was difficult, with long periods of hard living, including hospitalisation and homelessness. Work He was a multilingual poet and published three collections between 1947 and 1952: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic Literature
Scottish Gaelic literature refers to literature composed in the Scottish Gaelic language and in the Gàidhealtachd communities where it is and has been spoken. Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages, along with Irish and Manx. Middle Ages Early Middle Ages In early Middle Ages what is now Scotland was culturally and politically divided. In the West were the Gaels of Dál Riata, who had close links with the clan system of Gaelic Ireland, from whence they had migrated and brought with them the name of Scots. Very few works of Gaelic poetry survive from the early Medieval period, and most of these are in Irish manuscripts.J. T. Koch, ''Celtic Culture: a Historical Encyclopedia'' (ABC-CLIO, 2006), , p. 1576. There are works of Christian poetry that can be identified as Scottish, including the ''Elegy for St Columba'' by Dallán Forgaill (c. 597) and "In Praise of St Columba" by Beccan mac Luigdech of Rùm, c. 677. A series of anecdotes contained in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallaig
''Hallaig'' is the most recognized poem of Sorley MacLean, an important Scottish poet of the 20th century. After writing it, MacLean rose to fame in the English-speaking world. It was originally written in Scottish Gaelic since the author was born on the island of Raasay, where Scottish Gaelic was the everyday language. During the course of time the poem has been translated into both English and Lowland Scots. A recent translation (2002) was made by Seamus Heaney, an Irish Nobel Prize winner. Background The poem is named after a deserted township located on the south-eastern corner of the Hebridean island of Raasay, the poet's birthplace. The settlement of Hallaig depopulated between 1852 and 1854 under George Rainy and since MacLean's relatives were affected, the author decided to evoke the community of this abandoned village in his poem. It is a reflection on the nature of time and the historical impact of the Highland Clearances leaving an empty landscape populated only b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Establishments In Scotland
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