Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer)
Dates
- Existence: 1921-1996. - 1996
Biography
George Mackay Brown (1921-96), was a novelist, poet and playwright, who was born in Orkney. He was educated at Newbattle Abbey College and the University of Edinburgh, and, apart from his time at these institutions, he rarely left the islands of his birth.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Notes of Peter Butter relating to George Mackay Brown ; press relating to George Mackay Brown collected by Peter Butter., Circa 1992-1996.
File named ‘PB’s notes on: GMB, CMG, Henry James’ by Peter Butter.
Papers, including poetry, plays, broadcasts, correspondence and reviews, of George Mackay Brown.
Papers of George Mackay Brown, including letters, postcards, and Christmas cards.
Papers relating to `The Contribution to Literature of Orcadian Writer George Mackay Brown: an introduction and bibliography` (Mellen Press, 1992), comprising 3 letters of George Mackay Brown to one of the editors, Hilda D Spear, 2 letters of Hilda D Spear, a draft of an introduction with Brown`s notes and a list of questions with Brown`s answers.
Photocopies of cards, acrostics, poems and stories of George Mackay Brown, sent as birthday greetings to Alan, son of Peter and Betty Grant; with some birthday acrostics to the parents.
Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Edwin and Willa Muir.
Includes 52 letters of George Mackay Brown.
Photocopy of a poem of George Mackay Brown, entitled "Michael Sheridan".
Poems of George Mackay Brown, including acrostic poems, and other poems included in Christmas cards.
Press file for "A Calendar of Love and Other Stories" by George Mackay Brown, 2000
Press file for "Following a Lark: Poems" by George Mackay Brown, 1996
File contains a copy letter from Publicity Manager Stephanie Allen to Mackay Brown, including a press contacts list for review copies of the book.
Press file for "For the Islands I Sing" by George Mackay Brown, 1996-1998
Press file for "For the Islands I Sing" by George Mackay Brown, 1996-1997
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, alongside brief publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence.
Press file for "George Mackay Brown: Selected Poems, 1954-1983" by George Mackay Brown, 1991
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, editorial memoranda, a marketing information questionnaire, and publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence. Reference is also made in the file to Mackay Brown's 70th birthday celebrations.
Press file for "George Mackay Brown: Selected Poems, 1954-1983" by George Mackay Brown, 1996-1997
File contains publishing correspondence, a brief sales report, editorial memoranda, and press contacts lists for review copies of the book. Reference is also made to the death of George Mackay Brown and a possible biography.
Press file for "Northern Lights: A Poet's Sources" by George Mackay Brown, 1999
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, alongside brief publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence.
Press file for "Northern Lights: A Poet's Sources" by George Mackay Brown, 1999-2000
Press file for "The Island of the Women and Other Stories" by George Mackay Brown, 1998
File contains a press contacts list for review copies of the book and publicity material.
Press file for "The Island of the Women and Other Stories" by George Mackay Brown, 1998-2000
Press file for "The Wreck of the Archangel: Poems" by George Mackay Brown, 1994-1995
File contains a press contacts list for review copies of the book, a photocopied press cutting, and brief publicity material.
Press file for "The Wreck of the Archangel: Poems" by George Mackay Brown, 1989-1990
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, alongside publishing memoranda and correspondence concerning publicity and promotion for the title.
Press file for "Vinland" by George Mackay Brown, 1992-1993
Press file for "Winter Tales" by George Mackay Brown, 1995-1996
File contains press contacts lists for review copies of the book, brief publicity material and advertising/promotion correspondence, print photographs of Mackay Brown, and a colour book jacket proof. File also contains a photocopy press cutting concerning John Murray, publishers, and their business performance in 1994-1995.
Printer`s style books for "Magnus" and "Greenvoe" by George Mackay Brown.
Publication file of Victor Gollancz Ltd, publishers, relating to 'An Orkney tapestry' by George MacKay Brown.
The file is mostly correspondence, but also includes agreements.
Rehearsal script of an adaptation for television by John McGrath, of three short stories of George Mackay Brown.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 21
- Poetry. 9
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- Acrostics. 3
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- Postcards. 3
- Scripts. Documents 3
- Christmas cards. 2
- Novels. 2
- Photocopies. 2
- Short stories. 2
- Articles. 1
- Broadcasts. Events. 1
- Business records. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Juvenilia. 1
- Literature (writings). 1
- Lithographs. Planographic prints. 1
- Magazines. periodicals. 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Personal papers. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Plays. 1
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 1
- Professional papers. 1
- Proofs. Printed matter. 1
- Proofs. printed matter 1
- Publishers and publishing. 1
- Research notes 1
- Sample books 1
- Slides. Photographs. 1 + ∧ less