Lewis Grassic Gibbon
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'''Lewis Grassic Gibbon''' was the [[pseudonym]] of '''James Leslie Mitchell''' ([[13 February]] [[1901]] – [[7 February]] [[1935]]), a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[writer]].
Born and raised in [[Arbuthnott]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Mitchell 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]]. Mitchell 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]].
Mitchell attracted attention from his earliest attempts at fiction, notably from [[H.G. Wells]], but it was his trilogy entitled ''[[A Scots Quair]]'', and in particular its first book ''[[Sunset Song]]'', with which he made his mark. ''A Scots Quair'' with its combination of [[realism|realist narrative]] and lyrical use of [[dialect]] is considered to be among the defining works of 20th century [[Scottish Renaissance]].
The [[Grassic Gibbon Centre]] was established in [[Arbuthnott]] in [[1991]] to commemorate the author's life.
== 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 (Gibbon's novel)|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 Mitchell collaborated with [[Hugh MacDiarmid]] on ''[[Scottish Scene]]'' which included three of Gibbon's short stories. These were collected posthumously in ''A Scots Hairst'' (1969).
Mitchell's biography, by Iain S. Munro, appeared in 1966.
==External links==
*[http://www.grassicgibbon.com/ The Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre]
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