Kevin MacNeil

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Kevin MacNeil
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Isle of Lewis, Scotland, U.K.
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Kevin MacNeil (born 20th century) is a Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright and educator.

Early life and education

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MacNeil was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis[1] in the Outer Hebrides.

Career

Artistic collaborations

MacNeil has collaborated with Hebridean musician Willie Campbell. In 2011, they released the album Visible From Space together.[2]

Teaching and fellowships

MacNeil has undertaken teaching posts and writing residencies in Sweden (Uppsala University), Bavaria (Villa Concordia), Shetland, the University of Edinburgh, and Kingston University. He has held the Hawthornden Fellowship and was Inaugural Recipient of the Iain Crichton Smith Bilingual Writing Fellowship. He has been a judge for the Highland Book Prize, the Wigtown Poetry Prize and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Award.[3] He is a remote mentor and on-site residential short-course tutor for the Moniack Mhor Writers' Centre.

In 2017, he began a post at the University of Stirling,[4] where he works as a tutor and supervisor for both undergraduate and postgraduate creative-writing–degree programs.

Awards

  • Tivoli Europa Giovani International Poetry Prize[5]

Works

As author

  • Poetry collection: Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides (Canongate, 1998)[6]
  • Collection: Be Wise, Be Otherwise (Canongate, 2001)[7]
  • Novel: The Stornoway Way (Hamish Hamilton, 2005)[8]
  • Play: The Callanish Stoned (produced by Theatre Hebrides, 2006)[9]
  • Novel: A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde (Polygon, 2011)[10]
  • Play: Sweetness (adaptation of work by Torgny Lindgren, produced by Dogstar Theatre, touring Scotland in 2011)[11]
  • Novel: The Brilliant & Forever (2016, Polygon)[12]
  • Screenplay: Hamish (2016)[13][14]
  • Collection: The Diary of Archie the Alpaca (2017, Polygon)[15]
  • Play: The Stornoway Way (produced by Dogstar Theatre, touring Scotland in 2019)[16]

As editor

  • Multicultural poetry and photography anthology: Wish I Was Here (Pocketbooks, 2000)
  • Story anthology: The Red Door: The Collected English Stories of Iain Crichton Smith 1949–76 (Birlinn, 2002)
  • Story anthology: The Black Halo: The Collected English Stories of Iain Crichton Smith 1977–98 (Birlinn, Edinburgh 2002)
  • Poetry anthology: These Islands, We Sing (Polygon, 2011)[17]
  • Poetry and essay anthology: Struileag: Shore to Shore - Poems and Essays on the Gaelic Diaspora (Polygon, 2015)
  • Anthology: Robert Louis Stevenson: An Anthology Selected by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares (Polygon, 2017)

Personal life

MacNeil is a speaker of Scottish Gaelic, has cycling as a hobby[18] and is a practicing Buddhist,[19] with interests in Scottish and Japanese culture and literature. He owns a rescue greyhound named Molly.[20]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kevin MacNeil and Willie Campbell Are Visible From Space". Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mr Kevin MacNeil | University of Stirling".
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Scottish Poetry Library". Spl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides by Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books".
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Authored Book | be Wise, be Otherwise: Ideas and Advice for Your Kind of Person | University of Stirling.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Stornoway Way – Kevin MacNeil – Penguin Books". Penguin.co.uk. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Callanish Stoned".
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sweetness".
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Brilliant & Forever | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online".
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Movie about folk music hero Hamish Henderson hits the screen".
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wigtown Poetry Prize – Poetry Competition".
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Diary of Archie the Alpaca | Birlinn Ltd – Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online". Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Books: Polygon". Polygonbooks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lecturer's trip screened".
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides - Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books Digital - ebook (EPub) - le Hall du Livre NANCY.[dead link]
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet our mentors".

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