No Gaelic poet has had more influence on the generation that followed him than Derick Thomson. As poet, publisher, and editor of the literary quarterly Gairm, Thomson shaped the development of Gaelic writing in the post-war period.
Kevin MacNeil is a novelist, poet and playwright, now lecturing in creative writing at the University of Stirling.
Sorley MacLean's mastery of his chosen medium and his engagement with the European poetic tradition and European politics make him one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era.
Rody Gorman was born in Dublin in 1960 and now lives on the Isle of Skye; he writes in and translates between, Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
George Campbell Hay is unique among the poets of the interwar Scottish Renaissance movement in having written in all three of Scotland's principal literary languages.
Poet and novelist Angus Peter Campbell was born in South Uist and now lives in the Highlands, where he works in the media.
Meg Bateman has been bringing new qualities to Gaelic poetry since her first publications in the 1990s.
Aonghas MacNeacail was a leading voice in Gaelic poetry for decades, as poet, and as a regular literary commentator in print and on Gaelic radio. He was also a songwriter, screen writer and librettist.
Iain Crichton Smith was raised on Lewis and much of his poetry is grounded in the strict Presbyterian culture of the island, and his protest against it. He wrote both in Gaelic and English, novels, short fiction and poetry.
Skye: I’m back again couldn’t resist your wide horizon smiles and the jewellery of your white
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Maoilios Caimbeul/Myles Campbell is a poet, novelist and teacher, working mainly in Scottish Gaelic and living on Skye.
