Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Lewis Grassic Gibbon
BornJames Leslie Mitchell
(1901-02-13)13 February 1901
Hillhead of Seggat, Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died7 February 1935(1935-02-07) (aged 33)
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Pen nameLewis Grassic Gibbon
OccupationNovelist
NationalityScottish
Period1928–1935
GenreGeneral fiction
SubjectScottish country life
Science fiction
Historical novels
Literary movement20th-century Scottish Renaissance
Notable worksThe trilogy A Scots Quair, in particular the first book Sunset Song
ChildrenRhea Martin
Website
www.grassicgibbon.com
Memorial to Lewis Grassic Gibbon in Arbuthnott kirkyard

James Leslie Mitchell[1] (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935), known by the pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Scots pronunciation: [ˈluːɪs ˈɡrasɪk ˈɡɪbən]), was a Scottish writer. He was best known for A Scots Quair, a trilogy set in the north-east of Scotland in the early 20th century, of which all three parts have been serialised on BBC television.

  1. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 70.