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Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889 – 22 November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing.

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  • Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889 – 22 November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing. (en)
  • Patrick MacGill, född 24 december 1889, död 1963, var en irländsk författare. MacGill vann plötslig litterär berömmelse med krigsskildringen On the red horizon (1916, svensk översättning 1917), som utmärkt återger stämningen under första världskrigets första månader. Den har inget av den bittra ton, som präglar senare romaner med liknande ämne. Bland MacGills övriga arbeten märks The great push (1916, svensk översättning 1917, 4:e upplagan 1918) och Children of the Dead End (1913). MacGill har även utgett diktsamlingarna Songs of the Dead End (1913) och Soldier songs (1916). (sv)
  • Ba fhile agus úrscéalaí Éireannach é Patrick MacGill (24 Nollaig 1889–Samhain 1963), agus aithne air mar "The Navvy Poet", toisc go raibh sé ag obair mar spailpín roimh dul i mbun na scríobhneoireachta dó. Rugadh Patrick, an duine ba shine de theaghlach aon duine déag feirmeora bhig, ar na Gleannta i dTír Chonaill. Sa bhliain 1910, foilsíodh "Gleanings from a Navvy's Scrapbook", leabhar ina raibh chan amháin amhráin agus filíocht ach aistriúcháin ar shaothar La Fontaine agus Goethe. (ga)
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  • Ba fhile agus úrscéalaí Éireannach é Patrick MacGill (24 Nollaig 1889–Samhain 1963), agus aithne air mar "The Navvy Poet", toisc go raibh sé ag obair mar spailpín roimh dul i mbun na scríobhneoireachta dó. Rugadh Patrick, an duine ba shine de theaghlach aon duine déag feirmeora bhig, ar na Gleannta i dTír Chonaill. Níor chaith sé féin ach trí bliana ar scoil. Chuaigh sé "chun a' Lagáin" is é dhá bhliain déag d'aois áit ar fhostaigh feirmeoir as Tír Eoghain é. Dhá bhliain ina dhiaidh sin, chuaigh sé go hAlbain mar oibrí prátaí - "olc go leor d'fhir ach marfach do mhná" mar a scríobh sé. Nuair a bhí se ag sclábhaíocht, bhí se ag léamh agus ag scríobh. Sa bhliain 1910, foilsíodh "Gleanings from a Navvy's Scrapbook", leabhar ina raibh chan amháin amhráin agus filíocht ach aistriúcháin ar shaothar La Fontaine agus Goethe. B'éigin dó féin na costais foilseacháin a dhíol, ar nós mangaire, ó dhíol go doras i mbaile Grianaig (Greenock sa Bhéarla) ar thaobh Abhainn Chluaidh mar sin féin, ba sin an saothar a tharraing clú air mar an 'Navvy Poet'. (ga)
  • Patrick MacGill (24 December 1889 – 22 November 1963) was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing. (en)
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