English
Kevin MacNeil was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis in a Gaelic-speaking environment. He was a British Council Writer in Residence at Uppsala University, Sweden, and has taught at Kingston University and the University of Edinburgh. He has written for radio, television and film and collaborated with visual artists and musicians. He edited the short stories of Iain Crichton Smith, and in 2017 an anthology of Robert Louis Stevenson’s essays and stories. MacNeil is the author of four novels and several plays.MacNeil’s own poetry collections are Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides (Canongate, 1998), which won the Tivoli Europa Giovani International Prize in 2000, and Be Wise Be Otherwise (Canongate, 2001). In 2011 he compiled the anthology These Islands, We Sing (Polygon), and in 2015 Struileag: Shore to Shore, an anthology celebrating the Gaelic diaspora.
Gaelic
Rugadh agus thogadh Caoimhin MacNèill ann an Eilean Leòdhais ann an àrainneachd làn Gàidhlig. Bha e na Sgrìobhaiche air Mhuinntireas Comhairle Bhreatainn aig Oilthigh Uppsala, an t-Suain, agus tha e air a bhith a’ teagasg aig Oilthigh Kingston agus Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann. Tha e air sgrìobhadh airson rèidio, telebhisean agus film, agus tha e air obrachadh còmhla ri luchd-ealain agus luchd-ciùil. Dheasaich e sgeulachdan goirid Iain Mhic a’ Ghobhainn, agus aistidhean agus sgeulachdan Raibeart Louis Stevenson an 2017. Tha e air ceithir nobhailean a sgrìobhadh agus iomadach dealbh-chluich. A thaobh cruinneachaidhean bàrdachd, tha e air dhà a sgrìobhadh: Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides (Canongate, 1998), a bhuannaich Duais Eadar-nàiseanta Tivoli Europa Giovani an 2000, agus Be Wise Be Otherwise (Canongate, 2001). An 2011 chuir e còmhla an duanaire These Islands, We Sing (Polygon), agus an 2015, Struileag: Shore to Shore (Polygon), duanaire a’ comharrachadh sliochd nan Gàidheal air feadh an t-saoghail.
