Angus Peter Campbell

Angus Peter Campbell (; born 1954) is a Scottish award-winning poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster and actor.

Campbell's works, which are written mainly in Scottish Gaelic, draw heavily upon both Hebridean mythology and folklore and the magic realism of recent Latin American literature. In an interview prior to his death, Sorley MacLean called Campbell one of the best living Scottish poets in any language.

Early life and education Angus Peter Campbell was born on 29 April 1954 in South Lochboisdale, South Uist. His father, Ewan Campbell , was from Ludag. His mother, Christina MacDonald , was from Garrynamonie. His paternal uncle, Neil Campbell , was a long-serving ferryman between Ludag, Eriskay, and Barra.

In a 2009 interview, Campbell recalled, "My first exposure to ‘Gaelic literature’ may very well have been the birds (the curlews) singing outside our house on the moor, or the sound of the cart taking the peats home, or of our neighbour Eairdsidh Beag playing the bagpipes, or of someone singing in the village. I went to primary school in South Uist where ‘official literature’ if you want to put it that way, was hidden between the cover of books and therefore in English. ‘Literature’ was Black Beauty and Kidnapped and Treasure Island."

After attending Garrynamonie primary school until the age of twelve, Campbell spent his teenage years in Oban, where he was taught by Iain Crichton Smith at Oban High School. One iconic book of Gaelic poetry that Smith also used in teaching his pupils was William J. Watson's edition of the 16th-century Book of the Dean of Lismore, Campbell later recalled, however, "But as far as I could work out none of the poets in it was still alive. No doubt this set me subconsciously thinking that poetry belonged to the dead."

Campbell recalls, "I went to see him with some poems of mine and he was tremendously encouraging and supportive, and remained so throughout his life. I think Sorley just verified what Iain had seeded: that poetry was a great international language and that Gaelic could proudly stand alongside Spanish or Greek or Russian or English or whatever in that great discourse." He also wrote a short English-language novel, Archie and the North Wind (Luath Press; 2010).

His latest work is a collection of poetry, Aibisidh, published by Polygon (Edinburgh) in 2011. It won the 2012 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Award in the poetry category.

Campbell writes frequently about the Catholic Church in his work. In a 2009 interview, Campbell described himself as a Christian socialist.

Personal life Campbell lives on the Isle of Skye with his wife and six children, and is now a full-time writer, journalist, broadcaster, actor. He is the father of piper Brìghde Chaimbeul.