Compton Mackenzie
1883
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1972
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: Scottish Renaissance
country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Magdalen College, St Paul's School, Colet Court
occupation: writer, politician, publisher, autobiographer, screenwriter, croquet player, science fiction writer, novelist, painter, journalist, researcher
award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, R. B. Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 26
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Rockets Galore
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Ben Nevis Goes East
Whisky Galore
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The Monarch of the Glen
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April Fools
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Sinister Street
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Extraordinary Women
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Water on the Brain
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Flook
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Fairy Gold
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Hunting the Fairies
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Coral
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Figure of Eight
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Keep the Home Guard Turning
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Paper Lives
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Rogues and Vagabonds
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The Darkening Green
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The Lunatic Republic
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The Red Tapeworm
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The Rival Monster
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The Stolen Soprano
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Thin Ice
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Vestal Fire
The South Wind of Love
The Book of Barra
Realms of Silver
Articles
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