{"product_id":"beyond-paperback-2","title":"beyond - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAonghas Macneacail\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eColin Bramwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGerda Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAonghas MacNeacail (1942-2022) was a major Scottish writer from Skye. He composed poetry, songs, journalism, scripts, librettos and translations. Among Gaelic-speakers he was known as Aonghas Dubh - Black Angus. Among his many accolades, he won the 1997 Stakis prize for Scottish Writer of the Year, and also received the Saltire Society's Premiere Award for contribution to the arts in 2005. His New \u0026amp; Selected Poems, \u003cem\u003eLaughing at the Clock \/ D饌namh G疂re Ris A' Chloc\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Polygon in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAonghas grew up in a croft in Uig, on Skye. His first encounter with the English language was at school: while Aonghas spoke Gaelic at home, English was his language of education, and the first language that he wrote poetry in. While studying at Glasgow he became part of Philip Hobsbaum's famous Glasgow Group of creative writers, alongside Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead, James Kelman and Alasdair Gray. He became involved with the Poetry Society while working as a housing officer in London: he later became the writer in residence at Sabhal M Ostaig, the Gaelic college on Skye, and this reinvigorated his desire to write in Gaelic also. Latterly Aonghas became famous as a Gaelic-language writer, though in fact he composed work in all three native languages of Scotland. He was a founding member of the Scottish Poetry Library.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095156527239,"sku":"9781848619050","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e34df0e655d702d0902d2899133010f7.webp?v=1732328368","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beyond-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}