Kevin MacNeil is a Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright and educator. He was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis[1] in the Outer Hebrides.
Kevin MacNeil | |
|---|---|
 MacNeil in 2012 | |
| Born | Isle of Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright, educator |
Artistic collaborations
editMacNeil has collaborated with Hebridean musician Willie Campbell. In 2011, they released the album Visible From Space together.[2]
Teaching and fellowships
editMacNeil has undertaken teaching posts and writing residencies in Sweden (Uppsala University), Bavaria (Villa Concordia), Shetland, the University of Edinburgh, and Kingston. 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 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
edit- Tivoli Europa Giovani International Poetry Prize[5]
Bibliography (as author)
edit- 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]
Bibliography (as editor)
edit- 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
editMacNeil 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]
References
edit- ^ "Kevin MacNeil - Poet".
- ^ "Kevin MacNeil and Willie Campbell Are Visible From Space". Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Mr Kevin MacNeil | University of Stirling".
- ^ "Kevin MacNeil".
- ^ "The Scottish Poetry Library". Spl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides by Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books".
- ^ Authored Book | be Wise, be Otherwise: Ideas and Advice for Your Kind of Person | University of Stirling.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Callanish Stoned".
- ^ "A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Sweetness".
- ^ "The Brilliant & Forever | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online".
- ^ "Movie about folk music hero Hamish Henderson hits the screen".
- ^ "Wigtown Poetry Prize - Poetry Competition".
- ^ "The Diary of Archie the Alpaca | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online".
- ^ "The Stornoway Way".
- ^ "Books: Polygon". Polygonbooks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Lecturer's trip screened".
- ^ Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides - Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books Digital - ebook (EPub) - le Hall du Livre NANCY.
- ^ "Meet our mentors".