Hallaig and Other Poems
Selected Poems of Sorley MacLean
This selected works of Sorley MacLean brings together published poetry from MacLean's own edited volumes of Poetry. The poems will be given in their original Gaelic with English translations and introduced by Angus Peter Campbell and Aonghas Mac Neacail.
'A collection that explodes the cliché 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
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.
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