Eimhir

by Sorley Maclean

This text provides the love poems of Sorley MacLean with translations by Iain Crichton Smith face to face. It also contains an obituary by Smith for MacLean and a tribute to both poets by Professor Donald Meek."

116 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1999

About the author

Sorley MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle MacGill-Eain, sometimes MacGilleathain in earlier publications; 1911 – 1996) was one of the most significant Scottish poets of the 20th century. He wrote about love, heartbreak, the Cuillin, the Spanish Civil War, Hugh MacDiarmid, Communism and nationalism, often several in the same poem.