Ian Macpherson (1905–1944) was a Scottish writer from Leslie Place, Forres, Moray, Scotland.[1] He graduated from Aberdeen University in 1928 with a first-class honours degree in English. His first novel, Shepherds Calendar, was published in 1931. The book depicts a young man's growth to maturity in a farming community dominated by hard toil and the influence of the seasons.[2]
Ian Macpherson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 38–39) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | Aberdeen University |
| Occupation | writer |
| Notable work | Shepherds Calendar, Wild Harbour |
Wild Harbour tells of the world destroyed by a future war, forebodings of which were already discernible in Europe.[3] Macpherson died in a motorcycle accident in 1944.
Novels
edit- Shepherds' Calendar (1931), ISBN 9780862280635
- Land of Our Fathers (1933)
- Pride in the Valley (1936), ASIN B000ZLQB7K
- Wild Harbour (1936), ISBN 9780862412340[4]
Further reading
editGifford, Douglas (1982), In Search of the Scottish Renaissance: The Reprinting of Scottish Fiction, in Cencrastus No. 9, Summer 1982, pp. 26 – 30, ISSN 0264-0856
References
edit- ^ "Macpherson, Ian (1905–1944), novelist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60214. Retrieved 20 May 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Baker, Timothy C. (September 2008). "Ian Macpherson's Writing of the Disaster". International Review of Scottish Studies. 33: 61–86. doi:10.21083/irss.v33i0.486.
- ^ "Authors : Macpherson, Ian : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "1001 Book Review: Wild Harbour by MacPherson". The Reader's Room. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- Canongate Books
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, ABC Books, Sydney, 2006.
External links
edit- The Literature of Scotland @ Google Books