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Aonghas MacNeacail (born 7 June 1942), nickname ''Aonghas dubh'' or ''Black Angus'', is a contemporary writer in the
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1942 births Living people 21st-century Scottish Gaelic poets 20th-century Scottish Gaelic poets 20th-century Scottish poets 21st-century Scottish poets Alumni of the University of Glasgow Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Scottish opera librettists Scottish Gaelic dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Scottish writers People from the Isle of Skye People educated at Portree High School {{UK-poet-stub
Aonghas MacNeacail (born 7 June 1942), nickname ''Aonghas dubh'' or ''Black Angus'', is a contemporary writer in the Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...
language.
Early life
MacNeacail was born inUig UIG, Uig or uig is a placename meaning "bay" (from Norse) and may refer to:
Places
* Uig, Coll, a hamlet on the island of Coll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
* Uig, Duirinish, a hamlet near Totaig, on the Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland
* Uig, Lewi ...
on the Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...
on 7 June 1942. He was raised in Idrigil, speaking Gaelic as a child. He was registered at birth as Angus Nicolson, but later changed his official name to "Aonghas MacNeacail," the Scottish Gaelic version of his name. He attended Uig Primary School and Portree High School
Portree High School (Gaelic: ') is a state co-educational comprehensive school in Portree, Isle of Skye in Scotland. , the school enrols 490 pupils and employs 80 teachers and support staff. The school's catchment area draws from 15 primary sc ...
, and from 1968 the University of Glasgow
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where he was one of a group of young writers who gathered around Philip Hobsbaum which also included James Kelman, Tom Leonard, Alasdair Gray
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...
, Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011.
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and Jeff Torrington.
Career
Besides drawing on Gaelic traditions, MacNeacail is influenced by theBlack Mountain School
Black Mountain College was a private liberal arts college in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and several others. The college was ideologically organized around John Dewey's educati ...
of the US. He has held writing fellowships in Scotland, including residences at the Gaelic college of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, and reads his work at festivals around the world. He has collaborated with musicians and visual artists, and written drama. His poetry has been widely published throughout the English speaking world in journals such as ''Ploughshares'', ''Poetry Australia'', ''World Poetry Almanac'', and ''JuxtaProse Literary Magazine.'' He has also received wide recognition and critical acclaim for his screenwriting and songwriting.
MacNeacail won the Stakis Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year with his third collection, ''Oideachadh Ceart'' ("A Proper Schooling and other poems"), in 1997. His most recent collection ''Laoidh an Donais òig'' ("Hymn to a Young Demon") was published by Polygon in 2007. His partner is the actor and writer Gerda Stevenson./ref>
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1942 births Living people 21st-century Scottish Gaelic poets 20th-century Scottish Gaelic poets 20th-century Scottish poets 21st-century Scottish poets Alumni of the University of Glasgow Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Scottish opera librettists Scottish Gaelic dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Scottish writers People from the Isle of Skye People educated at Portree High School {{UK-poet-stub