Ian Macpherson (novelist)

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]

For other people named Ian MacPherson, see Ian MacPherson (disambiguation).

Ian Macpherson
Born1905 (1905)
Died1944 (aged 38–39)
NationalityScottish
EducationAberdeen University
Occupationwriter
Notable workShepherds Calendar,
Wild Harbour

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
  • 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

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
  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.
  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.
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