Lewis Grassic Gibbon 708826 222842434 2008-07-01T11:23:20Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Deaths of peritonitis to Deaths from peritonitis per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 21]]. '''Lewis Grassic Gibbon''' was the [[pseudonym]] of '''James Leslie Mitchell''' ([[13 February]] [[1901]] &ndash; [[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] <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Gibbon, Lewis Grassic |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Mitchell, James Leslie |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Scottish writer |DATE OF BIRTH=[[13 February]] [[1901]] |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Arbuthnott]], [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]] |DATE OF DEATH=[[7 February]] [[1935]] |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbon, Lewis Grassic}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1935 deaths]] [[Category:People from Aberdeenshire]] [[Category:Scottish novelists]] [[Category:Deaths from peritonitis]] {{Scotland-writer-stub}} [[de:James Leslie Mitchell]] [[sco:Lewis Grassic Gibbon]] [[sh:Lewis Grassic Gibbon]]