Angus MacVicar

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Angus MacVicar (born October 28, 1908 in Argyll , † October 31, 2001 in Campbeltown ) was a Scottish writer who worked in several genres .

biography

MacVicar, whose father (also Angus) was a Presbyterian minister in the Church of Scotland, was born in the rectory in Southend, Argyll and Bute, where he lived most of his life, including "Achnamara", the bungalow he named after his Marriage to Jean with a view of Southend Bay had built. After attending the University of Glasgow, he continued to work for the Campbeltown Courier . The MacVicar family was particularly long-lived; the senior, Reverend Angus MacVicar, was 92 years old; MacVicar's younger brother, Kenneth, entered the Church, served as chaplain to the Queen in Scotland, and died at the age of 96.

MacVicar achieved his greatest successes in the genres of crime , thriller , youth literature , science fiction and autobiography . His early career was interrupted by military service with the Royal Scots Fusiliers , so most of his fiction appeared in the two decades following World War II .

Highlights of MacVicar's many thrillers included the Edgar Wallace- style novel Greybreek (1947) and The Killings on Kersivay (1962), as well as several books on golf backgrounds.

His children's stories combine simple character sketches and exotic adventures with a non-intrusive Christian morality. The Lost Planet series was hugely popular in book, radio, and television versions (he was also an accomplished screenwriter and playwright). A pacifist theme came up heavily in these stories. There are six novels in the Jeremy Grant series. It was the first science fiction series translated into Hebrew that significantly influenced the development of this genre in Israel .

In later life, MacVicar's interest centered around portraying his life and background as a child of a parsonage in several memoirs such as Salt in My Porridge (1971). These books displayed his Scottish literary voice in its most distinctive form, unhindered by the genre demands of his novels. MacVicar also presented the BBC television program Songs of Praise .

Bibliography (selection)

Jeremy Grant

  • The lost planet . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft , 1957 (English: The Lost Planet . 1953. Translated by Felix Heidenberger).
  • Back to the lost planet . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1957 (English: Return to the Lost Planet . 1954. Translated by Felix Heidenberger).
  • The secret of the lost planet . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1958 (English: Secret of the Lost Planet . 1955. Translated by Felix Heidenberger).
  • Not published in German . (English: Red Fire on the Lost Planet . 1959.).
  • Not published in German . (English: Peril on the Lost Planet . 1960.).
  • Not published in German . (English: Space Agent from the Lost Planet . 1961.).
  • Not published in German . (English: Space Agent and the Isles of Fire . 1962.).
  • Not published in German . (English: Space Agent and the Ancient Peril . 1964.).

Super nova

  • The alien satellite . Kosmos Verlags-Gmbh, 1973, ISBN 3-440-04893-4 (English: Super Nova and the Rogue Satellite . 1969. Translated by Alexa Wienand).
  • The man in the ice . Franckhsche, 1973, ISBN 3-440-04980-9 (English: Super Nova and the Frozen Man . 1970. Translated by Alexa Wienand).

Other novels

  • Not published in German . (English: Tiger Mountain . 1952.).
  • Not published in German . (English: Satellite 7. 1958.).
  • Contra and Re . Goldmann Verlag , 1969 (English: Duel in Glenfinnan . 1969. Translated by Norbert Wölfl).
  • Affair golden Venus . Goldmann Verlag, 1973, ISBN 3-442-04234-8 (English: The golden Venus affair . 1972. Translated by Wulf Bergner ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12134307.angus-macvicar-reluctant-divinity-student-who-found-his-vocation-as-an-author-and-scriptwriter
  2. ↑ https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/angus-macvicar-1-583283
  3. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald/20170606/282252370496765
  4. ↑ Mentioned (TV 1954) at "British Telefantasy Began in 1963 ...." Part 1 . Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ Review on the website of the Israeli Science Fiction and Fantasy Association The Wee Web ( Memento from February 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME MacVicar, Angus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish author
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Argyll
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2001
Place of death Campbeltown