George Mackay Brown

Poet (1921–1996).

Born October 17th, 1921 in Stromness.

Died April 13th, 1996 at 74 years old in Stromness. [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, playwright, poet, writer

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner