Smith, Iain Crichton, 1928-1998
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Crichton Smith, Iain, 1928-1998
Mac a'Ghobhainn, Iain C., 1928-1998
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found: Muir, E.New poets, 1959, 1959.
found: Family, 1999:t.p. (Iain Crichton Smith) p. iii (1928-1998; one of Scotland's most important literary figures of this century; b. in Glasgow)
found: Smith, Iain Crichton (b. 1928), poet and novelist Web site, Aug. 9, 2005(Smith was born on Lewis on 1 January 1928; writes in both English and Gaelic)
found: Iain Crichton Smith Web site, Aug. 9, 2005(Iain Mac a'Ghobhainn; b. 1928, Glasgow; two years later, his parents moved to the Isle of Lewis; his father died not long after this move, and the family was then raised by Mrs Smith in the crofting township of Bayble; d. Oct. 1998)
found: Scottish Poetry Library WWW site, 10 January 2020(born on 1 January 1928 in Glasgow; became a teacher and retired in 1977; settled in Taynuilt, near Oban, where Crichton Smith died on 15 October 1998; wrote a huge number of poems (well over 900), short stories, novels and plays in English and Gaelic)
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1980-05-28: new
2020-01-11: revised
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