Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
George Mackay Brown

Born: October 17, 1921
Died: April 13, 1996 (aged 74)
Bio: George Mackay Brown was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character. He is considered one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Beside the Ocean of Time (1994)
- Greenvoe (1972)
- Hawkfall
- Six lives of Fankle the cat (1980)
- Portrait of Orkney (1981)