James Leslie Mitchell

James Leslie Mitchell was a British writer, novelist and journalist (1901–1935). He was born at Aberdeenshire and died at Welwyn Garden City.

Also recorded as Lewis Grassic Gibbon; J. Leslie James; Leslie Mitchell; J. Leslie Mitchell.

James Leslie Mitchell in brief

Born: 1901
Died: 1935
Known for: writer,novelist,journalist
Place of birth: Aberdeenshire

Overview

Also worked under the name Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

Born at Aberdeenshire in 1901, died at Welwyn Garden City in 1935.

Identity and origins

He also worked under the name Lewis Grassic Gibbon. The authorities additionally record the headings Lewis Grassic Gibbon, J. Leslie James, Leslie Mitchell and J. Leslie Mitchell. His recorded language was English.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1879 to 2001. The first 12 are listed here.

A Scots Quair. Sunset Song. Spartacus. Grey Granite. Three Go Back. The Lost Trumpet. Gay Hunter. If You Should Sleep in the Moonlight. The Conquest of the Maya. Cloud Howe. Hanno. Cloud Howe, [by] Lewis Grassic Gibbon, dated 1989.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Mitchell, James Leslie, (13 Feb. 1901–7 Feb. 1935), Author and Archæologist, Who Was Who, 2007. A Blasphemer & Reformer: A Study of James Leslie Mitchell / Lewis Grassic Gibbon, World Literature Today, 1985. Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer (1905–1985), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Works named in the authority record are Sunset Song.

Chronology

1901James Leslie Mitchell born at Aberdeenshire.
1935James Leslie Mitchell died at Welwyn Garden City.

Sources

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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Lewis Grassic Gibbon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q650800: James Leslie Mitchell
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