Nan Shepherd
British writer
Died when: 88 years 12 days (1056 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Anna "Nan" Shepherd (11 February 1893 – 27 February 1981) was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet, best known for her seminal mountain memoir, The Living Mountain, based on experiences of hill walking in the Cairngorms.
This is noted as an influence by nature writers who include Robert Macfarlane and Richard Mabey.She also wrote poetry and three novels set in small fictional communities in Northern Scotland.
The landscape and weather of this area played a major role in her novels and provided a focus for her poetry.
Shepherd served as a lecturer in English at the Aberdeen College of Education for most of her working life.
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