About Alasdair Maclean
Lived 1926 – 1994 (aged 67–68). Alasdair Maclean was a British poet and writer.
Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994) was a Scottish poet and writer, born in Glasgow. Extracts from his diary provide an account of Scottish crofting life.
Employment and university Maclean left school at 14 and took a variety of mainly labouring jobs. He spent his National Service in India and Malaya, and lived for ten years in Canada. From 1966 to 1970 he attended the University of Edinburgh as a mature student and graduated with an MA in English.
Writings Maclean began writing poetry at the age of 20, doing so sporadically until 1966.
Awards Scottish Arts Council New Writing Award Duff Cooper Memorial Prize Cholmondeley Award
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British poet (1926–1994)
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