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Neil Miller Gunn (8 November 1891 – 15 January 1973) was a prolific Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.
About Neil Gunn. Neil Miller Gunn was born on 8 th November 1891 in the village of Dunbeath, Caithness, the seventh of a family of nine children. Neil’s father, James Gunn, was skipper of a fishing boat, which meant that he was away from home for long periods of time. The upbringing of the family was entrusted to Neil’s mother, Isabella ...
Neil Miller Gunn (born Nov. 8, 1891, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scot.—died Jan. 15, 1973, Inverness) was a Scottish author whose novels are set in the Highlands and in the seaside villages of his native land.
Neil M. Gunn was a prolific novelist, critic and dramatist, who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Literary Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1937 he was awarded the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize' for fiction.
“Written in prose as cool and clear as the water it describes, Highland River is one of Neil Gunn’s most lyrical and popular novels. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial prize when first published in 1937, it has over the years become established as one of the greatest pieces of twentieth century Scottish fiction.”
Neil Gunn, one of Scotland's most prolific and distinguished novelists, wrote over a period that spanned the Recession, the political crises of the 1920's and 1930's, and the Second World War and its aftermath.
Neil Gunn is a novelist whose work, more than any other writer, captures the essence of Highland life. He is one of the central figures of the Scottish Literary Renaissance, and is often...
