Linklater, Eric

Linklater, Eric

▪ Scottish novelist
born March 8, 1899, Dounby, Orkney Islands, Scot.
died Nov. 7, 1974, Aberdeen

      British novelist, poet, and historical writer noted for his satiric wit.

      Linklater began studying medicine at Aberdeen University but switched to English literature. After service in the Black Watch in World War I, during which he was wounded, he turned to journalism, becoming assistant editor of the Times of India (1925–27). He taught English at Aberdeen and in 1928–30 visited the United States on a Commonwealth Fellowship. That visit produced the first of his “innocent abroad” novels, Juan in America (1931). During World War II Linklater commanded the Orkney Fortress and worked in the War Office. After the war he became rector of Aberdeen University (1945–48).

      Linklater's early novels include White-Maa's Saga (1929), The Men of Ness (1932), and Magnus Merriman (1934). He was a prolific writer, and his 30th book, The Voyage of the Challenger (1972), a nonfictional account of the expedition of HMS Challenger in 1872–76, has all the verve that his early works displayed. Linklater wrote three volumes of autobiography, The Man on My Back (1941), A Year of Space (1953), and Fanfare for a Tin Hat (1970).

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