Lewis Grassic Gibbon (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935), born James Leslie Mitchell, was a Scottish writer. is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... This article is about the country. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Born and raised in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, he started working as a journalist for the Aberdeen Journal and the Scottish Farmer at age 16. In 1919 he joined the Royal Army Service Corps and served in Persia, India and Egypt before enlisting in the Royal Air Force in 1920. In the RAF he worked as a clerk and spent some time in the Middle East. He married Rebecca Middleton in 1925, with whom he settled in Welwyn Garden City. He began writing full-time in 1929. He wrote numerous books and shorter works under both his real name and nom de plume before his early death in 1935 of peritonitis brought on by a perforated ulcer. Auchterless is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ... Logo of Aberdeenshire Council Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern areas of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British Army corps that provides the logistical support for the Army. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... “RAF” redirects here. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Not to be confused with Welwyn. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Endoscopic images of a duodenal ulcer. ...

Although not recognised during the author's lifetime, his trilogy entitled A Scots Quair, and in particular its first book Sunset Song, is considered to be among the defining works of 20th century Scottish Renaissance. A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north east of Scotland during the early 20th century. ... Sunset Song is a 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ... The Scottish version of modernism, the Scottish literary renaissance was begun by Hugh MacDiarmid in the 1920s when he abandoned his English language poetry and began to write in Lallans. ...

The Grassic Gibbon Centre was established in Arbuthnott in 1991 to commemorate the author's life. For people named Arbuthnott, click here Arbuthnott is a small village in northeast Scotland. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

Bibliography

• Hanno: or the Future of Exploration (1928)
• Stained Radiance: A Fictionist's Prelude (1930)
• The Thirteenth Disciple (1931)
• The Calends of Cairo (1931)
• Three Go Back (1932)
• The Lost Trumpet (1932)
• Sunset Song (1932), the first book of the trilogy A Scots Quair
• Persian Dawns, Egyptian Nights (1932)
• Image and Superscription (1933)
• Cloud Howe (1933), the second book of the trilogy A Scots Quair
• Spartacus (1933)
• Niger: The Life of Mungo Park (1934)
• The Conquest of the Maya (1934)
• Gay Hunter (1934)
• Scottish Scene (1934), with Hugh MacDiarmid
• Grey Granite (1934), the third book of the trilogy A Scots Quair
• Nine Against the Unknown (1934)
• The Speak of the Mearns (1982), published posthumously

In 1934 Gibbon collaborated with Hugh MacDiarmid on Scottish Scene which included three of Gibbon's short stories. These were collected posthumously in A Scots Hairst (1969). Sunset Song is a 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ... A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north east of Scotland during the early 20th century. ... Cloud Howe (1933) is a novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ... A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north east of Scotland during the early 20th century. ... Spartacus (published 1933) is a historical novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, first published under his real name of James Leslie Mitchell. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. ... Grey Granite is a novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. ... A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north east of Scotland during the early 20th century. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. ...

External link

• The Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre