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Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
Compton Mackenzie has 209 books on Goodreads with 10943 ratings. Compton Mackenzie’s most popular book is Whisky Galore.
Compton Mackenzie (born Jan. 17, 1883, West Hartlepool, Durham, Eng.—died Nov. 30, 1972, Edinburgh) was a British novelist who suffered critical acclaim and neglect with equal indifference, leaving a prodigious output of more than 100 novels, plays, and biographies.
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Nov 30, 2022 · Compton Mackenzie was a prolific and versatile writer who emancipated the English novel and championed Scottish nationalism. He wrote more than 100 books, including Whisky Galore, a bestseller and a film classic, and co-founded the SNP.
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was an English-born author and broadcaster, a writer of Scottish fiction, biography, and histories, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur, and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE (/ ˈ k ʌ m p t ən m ə ˈ k ɛ n z ɪ /; 17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a prolific writer of fiction, biography, histories, and memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur, and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 Januar 1883 – 30 November 1972) wis a Scots writer o fiction, biographie, histories an a memoir, as weel as a cultural commentator, raconteur an lifelang Scots naitionalist.
