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Hugh MacLennan Quotes
Roamin’ in the gloamin’ on the bonnie banks o’ Clyde. Roamin’ in the gloamin’ wae my lassie by my side. When the sun has gone to rest, That’s the time that we love best--- O, it’s lovely roamin’ in the gloamin’!
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| Birth: | 20th March, 1907 |
| Death: | 9th November, 1990 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Author, Essayist, Novelist, Professor |
About
John Hugh MacLennan was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a Canadian author, essayist, novelist and professor of English at McGill University from 1951-1963. He studied at Dalhousie University and the University of Oxford. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1935. He wrote several novels include: Barometer Rising, Two Solitudes(won- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction), The Precipice(won- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction), Each Man's Son, The Watch That Ends the Night(won- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction), Return of the Sphinx, and Voices in Time. His non-fiction works include: Canadian Unity and Quebec, Cross-Country(collection of essays, won- Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction), Thirty and Three(collection of essays, won- Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction), Scotchman's Return and other essays, Seven rivers of Canada, The colour of Canada, The other side of Hugh MacLennan, and On Being a Maritime Writer.
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