Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
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)






