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Neil Gunn was born
on 8 November 1891 in the house next to the grocer's shop in
Dunbeath. His father was a fisherman and the young Neil Gunn
played near the harbour or and the river. The area abounds with
places that appear in his books.
The Dunbeath River is an obvious "Highland River"
His famous Kenn in
Highland River portrayed in the small statue at the harbour reveals the
area though his eyes to the reader. Taking a walk in the are
shows all the places that Kenn reveals to the reader.
Read the Books?
Then See The Places At Dunbeath
Go to
Dunbeath Heritage Centre for more information.
Neil M Gunn- Centenary Lecture By Joy Hendry
Neil Gunn Trust
Neil Gunn
Circle
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Neil Gunn Writing
Awards 2009
Neil Gunn Writing Awards 2007 Winners
Neil Gunn Walk 26 October 2002
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Buy Neil Gunn Books
Many of Neil Gunn's books are
available from Dunbeath
Preservation Society. They also have a range of pamphlets
about Neil Gunn by different authors.
Works By Neil
Gunn
The
Atom of Delight (1956, autobiography)
Bloodhunt
(1952)
Butcher's
Broom (1934)
The
Drinking Well (1946)
The
Green Isle of the Great Deep (1944)
The Grey Coast (1926)
Hidden Doors (1929, short stories)
Highland Pack (1949, essays)
Highland
River (1937)
The
Key of the Chest (1945)
The
Lost Chart (1949)
The Lost
Glen (1932)
Morning
Tide (1930)
Off in
a Boat (1938, travel & autobiography)
The
Other Landscape (1954)
The Poaching at Grianan (1930)
Second
Sight (1940)
The
Serpent (1943)
The Shadow
(1948)
The Silver
Bough (1948)
The
Silver Darlings (1941)
The Man Who Came Back - Short Stories and Essays
Storm and Precipice (1942, anthology)
Sun
Circle (1933)
The
Well at the World's End (1951)
Wild Geese
Overhead (1939)
Whisky
and Scotland (1935, essay)
The White Hour (1950, short stories)
Young
Art and Old Hector (1942)
Most Neil Gunn
Books can be borrowed from
Highland Libraries
Books About
Neil Gunn
Essays on
Neil M. Gunn (1971) by David Morrison
Neil
M. Gunn: a Highland Life (1985) by
Francis Hart
Novels
of Neil M. Gunn (1987) by Margery
McCulloch
Neil
M. Gunn (1992) by Ian Grimble
Neil
M. Gunn (1993) by Joy Hendry
Neil M Gunn- Centenary Lecture By Joy Hendry
See Also
Caithness Poets
Scotia Review
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The
statue Was Made by Alex Main who was a teacher at Thurso High
School. He Wrote - "I'm not sure the year it was made '92 '93? It
was cast in the Powderhall foundry in Edinburgh. The Neil Gunn Society
wanted a scene from Highland River, where young Ken has the struggle
and eventually poaches the salmon.
They wanted an exact replica of the description in the book."
Neil Gunn Links
Neil Gunn
Web Site
Neil Gunn On Literary Landscapes At Am Baile
Photos and audio extracts
Neil Gunn On
Wikipeadia
Neil Gunn At The BBC
Neil Gunn At Scotland's People
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