Sorley MacLean
Scottish poet (1911-1996) · United Kingdom · Writers · Died at 85
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Something wrong?Sorley MacLean was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry Library as "one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era" because of his "mastery of his chosen medium and his engagement with the European poetic tradition and European politics".
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A sign requests that the playground not be used on Sunday.
Ruins of a stone house on Mull
A mine explodes during the Second Battle of El Alamein
Aerial view of Plockton in 1971
Members of the XI International Brigade at the Battle of Belchite
The Cuillin inspired MacLean's poetry
Hallaig, Raasay, made famous by MacLean's 1954 poemAwards
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Sorley MacLean was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry Library as "one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era" because of his "mastery of his chosen medium and his engagement with the European poetic tradition and European politics". Nobel Prize Laureate Seamus Heaney credited MacLean with saving Scottish Gaelic poetry.
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