Nan Shepherd
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Nan Shepherd (11 February 1893 - 23 February 1981) was a Scottish
novelist and poet.
in 1915, subsequently lecturing for the Aberdeen College of Education.
After she retired in 1956 she edited the Aberdeen University review. She was a friend and supporter of other Scottish writers including Neil M. Gunn
and Jessie Kesson
.
She died in Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen.
landscape.
Nan Shepherd is commemorated in Makars' Court, outside The Writers' Museum, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.
Selections for Makars' Court are made by The Writers' Museum; The Saltire Society; The Scottish Poetry Library.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
novelist and poet.
Life
She attended Aberdeen High School for Girls and graduated from the University of AberdeenUniversity of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
in 1915, subsequently lecturing for the Aberdeen College of Education.
After she retired in 1956 she edited the Aberdeen University review. She was a friend and supporter of other Scottish writers including Neil M. Gunn
Neil M. Gunn
Neil Miller Gunn was a prolific novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s...
and Jessie Kesson
Jessie Kesson
Jessie Kesson , born as Jessie Grant McDonald, was a Scottish novelist, playwright and radio producer.-Life:...
.
She died in Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen.
Works
Her modernist novels portray the restricted and often tragic lives of women in contemporary Scotland. She was a keen hill-walker and her poetry expresses her love for the mountainous GrampianGrampian
Grampian was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. It is now divided into the unitary council areas of:*Moray*Aberdeenshire*City of AberdeenThe region had five districts:*Aberdeen*Banff and Buchan...
landscape.
Nan Shepherd is commemorated in Makars' Court, outside The Writers' Museum, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.
Selections for Makars' Court are made by The Writers' Museum; The Saltire Society; The Scottish Poetry Library.
Novels
- The Quarry Wood (1928)
- The Weatherhouse (1930)
- A Pass in the Grampians (1933)