Compton Mackenzie

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Compton Mackenzie, 1914

Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (born January 17, 1883 in West Hartlepool , † November 30, 1972 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish writer and nationalist .

Life

Mackenzie was born into a family in which the theater played an important role. Fay Compton , his sister, has appeared in many of James M. Barrie's plays , including Peter Pan . His father Edward Compton was also an actor. Although Mackenzie was born in England, his life was shaped by a deep bond with Scottish Gaelic culture.

During the First World War , Mackenzie served in British Intelligence on the eastern Mediterranean . He later published four books about the experience he gained during this time. Between 1920 and 1923 he was tenant of the channel island Herm .

Mackenzie was married three times and worked not only as a writer but also as an actor and broadcaster. He was also politically active and is one of the founders of the Scottish National Party .

Mackenzie built a property on the Scottish island of Barra in the 1930s . During the time he lived there, in addition to inspiration, he also made many friends whom he described as the aristocrats of democracy . These included John MacPherson, known as The Coddy .

On July 8, 1952, he was beaten to the Knight Bachelor and since then has had the addition of "Sir".

After his death in 1972, Sir Compton Mackenzie was buried on Barra.

Grave of Compton Mackenzie in Eoligarry, Barra

reception

Mackenzie wrote several novels, including The Passionate Elopement , Carnival , Sinister Street and the autobiography My Life and Times , which was written between 1963 and 1971.

The comical novels Whiskey Galore! and Monarch of the Glen , which provided the material for a successful film and television series, are probably his best-known works. In total, Compton Mackenzie brought out almost a hundred books, including ten autobiographical volumes. The Four Winds Of Love is considered his masterpiece.

In 1923 he co-founded The Grammophone with Christopher Stone , a still influential British magazine reporting on classical music.

Works

Autobiographical
  • My Life and Times . Chatto & Windus, London 1963/71 (10 vol.)
Fiction
  • The Gentleman in Gray . 1907.
  • The Passionate Elopement (The new Adelphi Library; Vol. 35). Secker, London 1927 (EA London 1911).
  • Carnival . MacDonald, London 1951 (EA London 1912).
  • Sinister Street . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1983, ISBN 0-14-001490-X (EA London 1914).
  • The Early life and adventures of Sylvia Scarlett . Hutchinson, London 1921 (EA London 1918, digitized version ).
  • The Altar Steps . Cassell, London 1931 (EA London 1922, E-Text ).
  • Santa Claus in summer . Dent, London 1960 (EA Oxford 1924).
  • The Old Men Of the Sea (Collection of British Authors; Vol. 4672). Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1925 (EA London 1924).
  • Vestal Fire . Hogarth, London 1985, ISBN 0-7012-0573-3 (EA London 1927).
  • Extraordinary Women. Themes and Variations . Hogarth, London 1987, ISBN 0-7012-1017-6 (EA London 1928).
  • Was memories . Panther Books, 1965ff
  1. Gallipoli Memories . (EA London 1929)
  2. Athenian Memories . (EA London 1931).
  3. Greek Memories . (EA London 1932).
  • The gentleman in the high moor. A cheerful novel from the land of the kilt and the bagpipes ( The Monarch of the Glen , 1941). Benziger, Cologne 1953.
  • The Four Winds of Love . Chatto & Windus, London 1949/77 (8 vol.).
  1. The east wind of love . ISBN 0-7011-0948-3 (2 volumes).
  2. The south wind of love . ISBN 0-7011-0949-1 (2 volumes).
  3. The west wind of love . ISBN 0-7011-0952-1 (2 volumes).
  4. The north wind of love . ISBN 0-7011-0953-X (2 volumes).
  • The whiskey ship. A humorous novel (Whiskey Galore, 1947). Goldmann, Munich 1966.
  • The rival monster . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1952.
  • Rockets Galore . Chatto & Windus, London 1957.
  • Thin ice. A novel .Chatto & Windus, London 1956.
  • A cottage in the country. A humorous novel (Buttercups and daisies). Goldmann, Munich 1967 (former title: Fast People from the Country ).
  • Glorious and joyous. Roman (Ben Nevis goes East). Benziger, Einsiedeln 1959.
  • The moon Republic (The lunatic Republic).
  • Bananas, women and spies. A cheerful novel by the secret service (Water in the brain). Sanssouci-Verlag, Zurich 1958.
Non-fiction
  • Wind of freedom. The history of the invasion of Greece by the Axis Powers 1940-1941 . Chatto & Windus, London 1943.
  • The cats and me (Cat's Company). Sanssouci-Verlag, Zurich
  • Kitty (catmint, 1961). Verlag Deutsch, Vienna 1962.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Mr. Roosevelt). Gutenberg Book Guild, Zurich 1946.

Film adaptations

Castlebay on the island of Barra , Outer Hebrides: Scottish Film Council commemorative plaque from 1996 for director Alexander “Sandy” Mackendrick , who wrote the film Whiskey Galore! turned. The badge is bilingual in English and Gaelic .

literature

  • David J. Dooley: Compton Mackenzie (Twayne's English Authors Series; Vol. 173). Twayne Books, New York 1974.
  • Paul Gueguen: Compton Mackenzie. Novelist . Dissertation, Rennes University 1979.
  • Agnes Habermann: The Importance of Adventure at Crompton Mackenzie . Dissertation, University of Bonn 1932.
  • Andro Linklater: Crompton Mackenzie. A life . Hogarth PRess, London 1992, ISBN 0-7012-0984-4 .
  • Leo Robertson: Compton Mackenzie. An appraisal of his literary work . The Richards Press, London 1954.
  • David A. Thomas and Joyce Thomas: Compton Mackenzie. A bibliography . Mansell, London 1986, ISBN 0-7201-1817-4 .
  • Kenneth Young: Compton Mackenzie (Writers and their work; Vol. 202). Longmans Green, London 1968.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knights and Dames: MA – MIF at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Mackenzie, Compton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH West Hartlepool
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1972
Place of death Edinburgh