Eric Robert Russell Linklater (1899-1974) was a Scottish writer, known for more than 20 novels, also short stories, travel writing and autobiography, and military history. He was born in Penarth, Wales. He was brought up principally in Orkney, and identified with it. 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... This article is in need of attention. ... Penarth (Welsh: pen head, + arth bear) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel and Cardiff Bay. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...
He was initially a medical student and then went into journalism, becoming a full time writer in the 1930s.
Works
A Dragon Laughed & other poems (1930)
Juan in America (1931)
Magnus Merriman (1934)
Juan in China
A Spell for Old Bones (1949) historical novel
Laxdale Hall (1951)
Figures in a Landscape (1952)
A Year of Space (1953) travel
A Sociable Plover and other Stories and Conceits (1957) stories
Linklater was not first thrilled, but later the "innocent" hero continued his adventures in JUAN IN CHINA (1937), which mocked the futility of Chinese leadership.
Linklater stood unsuccessfully in 1933 as a parliamentary candidate for the Scottish Nationalist Party in the East Fife by-election.
From 1945 to 1948 Linklater was Rector of Aberdeen University.
Eric Robert Linklater as born in Glamorgan, South Wales, on March 8, 1899.
EricLinklater had been studying medicine at Aberdeen University before the war but at the conclusion of hostilities, he transferred to Kings College, Aberdeen, to study English Literature.
“EricLinklater is not primarily a novelist, or an essayist or a dramatist.
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