Lewis Grassic Gibbon: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	James Leslie Mitchell
Born	February 13, 1901 • Scotland
Died	February 7, 1935 (aged 33) • Welwyn Garden City • England
Notable Works	“A Scots Quair”
Movement / Style	Scottish renaissance

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

British statesman and author

Alasdair Gray

Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist

Hugh MacDiarmid

Scottish poet

George Blake

British writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

Sir Walter Scott

Scottish writer

Tobias Smollett

Scottish novelist

J.M. Barrie

Scottish author

Arthur Conan Doyle

British author

John Gibson Lockhart

Scottish biographer

Neil Miller Gunn

Scottish author

A.J. Cronin

British author

John Galt

Scottish author and administrator

George Mackay Brown

Scottish writer

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant

Scottish writer

Edwin Muir

Scottish writer

James Hogg

Scottish poet

Josephine Tey

Scottish author

Henry Mackenzie

Scottish author

George Macdonald

British author