Ian Macpherson (novelist)

Scottish writer

Ian Macpherson

Born| 1905 (1905)
Died| 1944 (aged 38-39)
Nationality| Scottish
Education| Aberdeen University
Occupation| writer
Notable work| Shepherds Calendar,
Wild Harbour

Ian Macpherson (1905–1944) was a Scottish writer from Leslie Place, Forres, Moray, Scotland.[1] He graduated from Aberdeen University in 1928 with a first-class honours degree in English. His first novel, Shepherds Calendar, was published in 1931. The book depicts a young man's growth to maturity in a farming community dominated by hard toil and the influence of the seasons.[2]

Wild Harbour tells of the world destroyed by a future war, forebodings of which were already discernible in Europe.[3] Macpherson died in a motorcycle accident in 1944.

## Novels

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* Shepherds' Calendar (1931), ISBN 9780862280635
* Land of Our Fathers (1933)
* Pride in the Valley (1936), ASIN B000ZLQB7K
* Wild Harbour (1936), ISBN 9780862412340[4]

## Further reading

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Gifford, Douglas (1982), In Search of the Scottish Renaissance: The Reprinting of Scottish Fiction, in Cencrastus No. 9, Summer 1982, pp. 26 – 30, ISSN 0264-0856

## References

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1. ^ "Macpherson, Ian (1905–1944), novelist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60214. Retrieved 20 May 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. ^ Baker, Timothy C. (September 2008). "Ian Macpherson's Writing of the Disaster". International Review of Scottish Studies. 33: 61–86\. doi:10.21083/irss.v33i0.486.61-86&rft.date=2008-09&rft_id=info:doi/10.21083/irss.v33i0.486&rft.aulast=Baker&rft.aufirst=Timothy+C.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.21083%2Firss.v33i0.486&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ian+Macpherson+(novelist)" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Authors : Macpherson, Ian : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
4. ^ "1001 Book Review: Wild Harbour by MacPherson". The Reader's Room. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

* Canongate Books
* 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, ABC Books, Sydney, 2006.

## External links

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* The Literature of Scotland @ Google Books

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