James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1937) Winner
Neil Miller Gunn
ニール・ミラー・ガン
Nīru Mirā Gan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1891-11-08 （Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland）
- Died
- 1973-01-15 （Inverness） age 81
- Nationality
- Scottish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Dunbeath, Caithness → St John's Town of Dalry → London → Inverness → Strathpeffer → Black Isle
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Critic, Dramatist, Customs and Excise Officer
- Active Years
- 1926-1973
- Memberships
- National Party of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Influenced By
- Hugh MacDiarmid
- Influenced
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Highland River | fiction | University of Edinburgh | Winner |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1937
Work:
Highland River
Category:
fiction
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Silver Darlings
1941 General FictionA novel about Highland fishing communities.
Scottish HighlandsFishermenSea
Adaptations
- [Film] The Silver Darlings (1947)
Highland River
1937 General FictionA coming-of-age story symbolized by a river.
HighlandsNatureGrowth
Butcher's Broom
1934 Historical NovelDepicts the Highland Clearances.
Highland ClearancesTraditionChange
Bibliography
- The Grey Coast
- The Lost Glen
- Morning Tide
- Sun Circle
- Butcher's Broom
- Highland River
- The Silver Darlings
- Young Art and Old Hector
- The Green Isle of the Great Deep
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Leading figure in Scottish RenaissanceEnglish prose influenced by Gaelic and Scots
- Recurring Motifs
- Highland communities and landscapesFishermen and the seaNature and spiritualityHighland Clearances
Legacy
One of the most influential Scottish fiction writers of the first half of the 20th century, central to the Scottish Renaissance, focusing on Highland life.
Museums
- Neil M. Gunn Memorial Near Strathpeffer Opened in 1987
- Dunbeath Heritage Centre Dunbeath
Archives
- Neil Gunn Trust
In Popular Culture
- Commemorated in Makars' Court, Edinburgh
Trivia
- His father was a herring boat captain.
- Worked as a customs officer until 1937 when he became a full-time writer.
- Later works influenced by Zen philosophy.