Kevin MacNeil
Kevin MacNeil (born 20th century) is a Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright and educator.
Kevin MacNeil
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- Name
- Kevin MacNeil
- Born
- 20th century
- Birthplace
- Isle of Lewis, Scotland, U.K.
- Occupation
- Novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright, educator
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Kevin MacNeil • Born — 20th century • Birthplace — Isle of Lewis, Scotland, U.K. • Occupation — Novelist, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, playwright, educator • Website — kevinmacneil.me
Documentary record
Kevin MacNeil (born 1972) is described as a writer and editor in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Kevin MacNeil is recorded in 1972.
Early life and education
Early life and education
MacNeil was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
Artistic collaborations
Artistic collaborations
MacNeil has collaborated with Hebridean musician Willie Campbell. In 2011, they released the album Visible From Space together.
As author
As editor
As editor
• Multicultural poetry and photography anthology: Wish I Was Here (Pocketbooks, 2000) • Story anthology: The Red Door: The Collected English Stories of Iain Crichton Smith 1949–76 (Birlinn, 2002) • Story anthology: The Black Halo: The Collected English Stories of Iain Crichton Smith 1977–98 (Birlinn, Edinburgh 2002) • Poetry anthology: These Islands, We Sing (Polygon, 2011) • Poetry and essay anthology: Struileag: Shore to Shore - Poems and Essays on the Gaelic Diaspora (Polygon, 2015) • Anthology: Robert Louis Stevenson: An Anthology Selected by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares (Polygon, 2017)
Personal life
Personal life
MacNeil is a speaker of Scottish Gaelic, has cycling as a hobby and is a practicing Buddhist, with interests in Scottish and Japanese culture and literature. He owns a rescue greyhound named Molly.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1972
Kevin MacNeil born at Stornoway.
Teaching and fellowships
MacNeil has undertaken teaching posts and writing residencies in Sweden (Uppsala University), Bavaria (Villa Concordia), Shetland, the University of Edinburgh, and Kingston University. He has held the Hawthornden Fellowship and was Inaugural Recipient of the Iain Crichton Smith Bilingual Writing Fellowship. He has been a judge for the Highland Book Prize, the Wigtown Poetry Prize and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Award. He is a remote mentor and on-site residential short-course tutor for the Moniack Mhor Writers' Centre. In 2017, he began a post at the University of Stirling, where he works as a tutor and supervisor for both undergraduate and postgraduate creative-writing–degree programs.
Awards
• Tivoli Europa Giovani International Poetry Prize
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- 1.Kevin MacNeil - Poet.
- 2.Kevin MacNeil and Willie Campbell Are Visible From Space.
- 3.Mr Kevin MacNeil | University of Stirling.
- 4.Kevin MacNeil.
- 5.Spl.org.uk. The Scottish Poetry Library.
- 6.Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides by Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books.
- 7.Authored Book | be Wise, be Otherwise: Ideas and Advice for Your Kind of Person | University of Stirling.
- 8.Penguin.co.uk. The Stornoway Way – Kevin MacNeil – Penguin Books. 7 September 2006.
- 9.The Callanish Stoned.
- 10.A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde.
- 11.Sweetness.
- 12.The Brilliant & Forever | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online.
- 13.Movie about folk music hero Hamish Henderson hits the screen.
- 14.Wigtown Poetry Prize – Poetry Competition.
- 15.The Diary of Archie the Alpaca | Birlinn Ltd – Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online.
- 16.The Stornoway Way.
- 17.Polygonbooks.co.uk. Books: Polygon.
- 18.Lecturer's trip screened.
- 19.Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides - Kevin MacNeil - Canongate Books Digital - ebook (EPub) - le Hall du Livre NANCY Dead link. January 2026.
- 20.Meet our mentors.
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