Eric Linklater

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Eric Robert Russell Linklater (born March 8, 1899 in Penarth , Vale of Glamorgan , Wales , † November 7, 1974 in Aberdeen ) was a Scottish writer .

Live and act

Linklater was the son of Master Mariner Robert Baikie Linklater (1865-1916) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Young († 1957). He completed his school years at the Aberdeen Grammar School and then began to study medicine and English literature at the University of Aberdeen . At the beginning of the First World War he interrupted his studies and volunteered for the Black Watch ( Royal Regiment of Scotland ). After the end of the war he returned to the university, gave up medicine and successfully completed his studies in literature.

Between 1925 and 1927 Linklater was an editorial member of the Times of India in Bombay . After his return he was back at the University of Aberdeen for a short time and went to Cornell University as a " Commonwealth Fellow " in 1928 , and later to the University of California, Berkeley . He wrote his first book in the USA, which was a great success in England.

In 1930 Linklater returned to Aberdeen and was entrusted there with a teaching position for "English literature". On June 1, 1933, he married the Scottish actress Marjorie MacIntyre and had four children with her: Alison (* 1934), Kristin (* 1936), Magnus (* 1942) and Andro (* 1944). After the wedding, the couple settled on the Orkneys.

At the beginning of the Second World War Linklater was brought to the Orkneys for the Royal Engineers . Later he was ordered to the War Office , where he u. a. published several propaganda papers on behalf of the Ministry of Information . In 1944 he was transferred to the British military command in Italy and stayed there until the end of the war.

Between 1945 and 1948 Linklater served as Rector of Aberdeen University, succeeding Richard Stafford Cripps . In 1947 he and his family settled in Hill of Fearn ( Ross-shire ).

Eric Linklater died in Aberdeen on November 7th 1974 and was buried in Harray Cemetery on Mainland, Orkney .

Honors

reception

In all his literary work (novels, essays, dramas, biographies, children's books, satires ) he remained loyal to his native Scotland . Often he shows human weaknesses in his works, but without becoming hurtful. During the Second World War he published several propaganda publications through the HMSO .

Works

Autobiographical
  • The Man on My Back. An autobiography . Macmillan, London 1950 (EA London 1941).
  • A Year of Space. A chapter in autobiography . Macmillan, London 1953.
  • Fanfare for a Tin Hat. A third essay in autobiography . Macmillan, London 1970.
Biographies
stories
  • Sealskin trousers and other stories . Hart-Davis, London 1947.
  • A sociable plover and other stories and concepts . Hart-Davis, London 1957.
  • The goose girl and other stories . Canongate Publ., Edinburgh 1991, ISBN 0-86241-325-7 (EA London 1950)
Poems
  • A dragon laughed and othe poems . 1930.
Books for children and young readers
Novels
  • White Maa's saga . MacDonald, Loanhead 1983, ISBN 0-86334-014-8 (EA London 1929).
  • Poet's pub . Cape Books, London 1971, ISBN 0-224-60422-8 (EA London 1929)
  • Juan in America . Capuchin Classics, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-9557312-4-2 (EA London 1931).
  • The Crusader's key . White Owl Press, London 1933.
    • German: Juan in America. Novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1957 (EA Stuttgart 1942)
  • The Men of Ness. The saga of Thorlief Coalbiter's son . Orkney PRess, Stromness 1983, ISBN 0-907618-03-0 (EA London 1932).
  • Magnus Merriman (Canongate Classics; Vol. 35). Canongate Publ., Edinburgh 1990, ISBN 0-86241-313-3 (EA London 1934).
  • Ripeness Is All . Cape Books, London 1935.
  • Juan in China . Cape Books, London 1937.
  • The Sailor's Holiday . Cape Books, London 1954 (EA London 1937).
    • German: The little country vacation. Novel . Sanssouci Verlag, Zurich 1959.
  • The impregnable woman . Penguin, Harmondsworth 1959 (EA London 1938)
  • Judas. A novel . Cape Books, London 1939.
  • Private Angelo (Canongate Classics; Vol. 44). Canongate Publ., Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 0-86241-376-1 (EA London 1946).
    • German: Soldat Angelo . Verlag von Chamier, Essen 1948.
  • A Spell for Old Bones . Cape Books, London 1949.
  • Mr. Byculla . Hart-Davis, London 1950.
    • German: Mr. Byculla. Detective novel . Humanitas-Verlag, Konstanz 1959.
  • Laxdale Hall. A novel . Cape Books, London 1951.
  • The Faithful Ally . Cape Books, London 1954.
    • German: Riots in Namua . Die Arche publishing house, Zurich 1957.
  • The Dark of Summer (Canongate Classics; Vol. 91). Canongate Publ., Edinburgh 1999, ISBN 0-86241-894-1 (EA London 1956).
  • Karina with love . Macmillan, London 1958.
  • Position at Noon . Cape Books, London 1958.
    • German: Up to date . Mohn Verlag, Gütersloh 1961.
  • The Merry Muse . Drew, Glasgow 1985, ISBN 0-86267-140-X (EA London 1959).
    • German: The happy muse . Mohn, Gütersloh 1962.
  • Roll of Honor . Hart-Davis, London 1961.
  • Husband of Delilah . Macmillan, London 1962.
  • A man over forty . Macmillan, London 1963.
Non-fiction
  • The Lion and the Unicorn or what England has meant to Scotland (The voice of Scotland). Routledge, London 1935.
  • The Northern Garrisons. The army at was . HMSO. London 1941.
  • The defense of Calais . HMSO, London 1941.
  • The Highland Division . HMSO, London 1942.
  • The campaign in Italy . HMSO, London 1944.
  • Orkney and Shetland. A historical, geographical, social and scenic survey . Hale, London 1965.
  • The conquest of England . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1966.
  • The survival of Scotland. A review of Scottish history from the Roman times to the present day . Heinemann, London 1968.
  • The voyage of the " Challenger " . Murray, London 1972.
Plays
  • The devil's in the news . London 1929.
  • Breakspear in Gascony . London 1950.
    • German: The devil in Gascony . Bloch, Berlin 1958 (translated by Erich Fried ).

Film adaptations

  • Michael Anderson (Director): Private Angelo. 1949 (based on the novel of the same name)
  • Frederick Wilson (Director): Poet's Club. 1949 (based on the novel of the same name)
  • Carol Reed (Director): Dangerous Vacation. 1953
  • John Elridge (Director): Laxdale Hall. 1953 (based on the novel of the same name)
  • Lee Philips (Director): Samson and Delilah. 1984 (based on the novel Husband of Delilah )

literature

  • Anna Dremsek: Eric Linklater . In: Diess .: Simson representations in modern times. Literary adaptations of the biblical Simson stories in the 20th and 21st centuries . Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2014, ISBN 978-3-631-63489-9 , pp. 119-154.
  • Allan Massie : Eric Linklater. A critical biography. Canongate, Edinburgh 1999, ISBN 0-86241-886-0 .
  • Christopher Nicol: Eric Linklater's "Private Angelo" and "The dark of summer" (Scotnotes; Vol. 31). ASLS, Glasgow 2012, ISBN 978-1-906841-11-9 .
  • Margery Palmer McCulloch (Ed.): Modernism and nationalism. Literature and society in Scotland 1918–1939. Source documents for the Scottish Renaissance . ASLS, Glasgow 2004, ISBN 0-948877-58-8 .
  • Michael Parnell: Eric Linklater. A critical biography. Murray, London 1984, ISBN 0-7195-4109-3 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Linklater is the grandfather of the actor Hamish Linklater (* 1976).
  2. ↑ This novel is based on Lord Byron's Don Juan .
  3. ↑ s. a. Challenger expedition .
  4. ↑ For the US domestic market, the title Scotch on the Rocks was chosen .

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personal data
SURNAME Linklater, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linklater, Eric Robert Russell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Penarth , Wales
DATE OF DEATH November 7th 1974
Place of death Aberdeen