About the Author

Sorley MacLean was born on the island of Raasay in 1911. He was brought up within a family and community immersed in Gaelic language and culture, particularly song. He studied English at Edinburgh University from 1929, taking a first-class honours degree.

Reviews

'A collection that explodes the cliche of Gaelic poetry'
*Guardian on Sorley MacLean: Collected Poems*

'Convincingly demonstrates why MacLean was as important an influence on the badachd as Eliot and Pound were on English-language poetry'
*Sunday Herald on Sorley MacLean: Collected Poems*

'One of the very greatest of the Gaelic poets - and one of the great love poets of the world'
*Iain Crichton Smith*