Scottish Writer of the Year 1997, Skye-born Aonghas MacNeacail is a poet in Gaelic and English, songwriter in both folk and classical idioms, journalist, broadcaster, translator and occasional actor.
His songs have been recorded by some of Scotland’s leading singers. Poetry has taken him to North America, Japan, Rome, Jerusalem, Berlin, Warsaw, St Petersburg, the Arctic Circle, and Ireland frequently, among many other international destinations.
All of his first three poetry collections, An Seachnadh (The Avoiding), Rock and Water (poems in English) and Oideachadh Ceart (A Proper Schooling) are out of print. His latest collection, Laoidh an Donais Oig (Hymn to a Young Demon) appears in Summer 2007. |
