James Leslie Mitchell

Scottish writer James Leslie Mitchell, writing as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, gained prominence for his trilogy A Scots Quair, particularly its initial volume, Sunset Song. His works, celebrated for their realist narrative and lyrical use of dialect, are considered seminal to the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century. Mitchell dedicated himself to full-time writing from 1929, and his distinctive approach drew attention from early on, even capturing the notice of H. G. Wells.