Ian Niall
Ian Niall (7 November 1916 – 24 June 2002), born John Kincaid McNeillie, was a writer from Galloway, Scotland. He wrote works under both these names.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Old Kilpatrick, to parents from the Machars in South West Scotland. He moved back to Galloway at 18 months old, and the area formed a basis for his early fiction.
In the 1940s, he moved to North Wales, where his son, the writer Andrew McNeillie, was born.
Niall died in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, in south-east England.
Films
[edit]The 1951 film No Resting Place, based on Niall's novel, was directed by Paul Rotha and produced by Colin Lesslie Productions. It stars Michael Gough.[1]
The 1964 film A Tiger Walks, directed by Norman Tokar and starring Vera Miles and Brian Keith, is also based on Niall's works.
Works
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- Wigtown Ploughman: Part of His Life (1939, Putnam, as John McNeillie; 2012, Birlinn Limited ISBN 978 1 78027 086 9)[2]
- Glasgow Keelie (1940, Putnam, as John McNeillie)
- Morryharn Farm (1941, Putnam, as John McNeillie)
- No Resting Place (1948, Heinemann). The first under the name "Ian Niall", filmed by Paul Rotha
- Tune on a Melodeon (1948, Heinemann)
- Foxhollow (1949, Heinemann)
- The Poacher's Handbook (1950, Heinemann)
- The Deluge (1951, Heinemann)
- Fresh Woods (1951, Heinemann; 2012, Little Toller Books)
- Pastures New (1952, Heinemann; 2012, Little Toller Books)
- The Boy Who Saw Tomorrow (1952, Heinemann)
- A Tiger Walks (1960, Heinemann)
- The New Poacher's Handbook (1960, Heinemann)
- Trout from the Hills (1961, Heinemann)
- The Harmless Albatross(1961, Heinemann)
- Hey Delaney! (1962, Heinemann)
- The Game Keeper (1965, Heinemann)
- The Country Blacksmith (1966, Heinemann)
- A Galloway Childhood (1967, Heinemann)
- A Fowler's World: An Account of Days on the Marsh and Estuary (1968, Heinemann)
- A Galloway Shepherd (1970, Heinemann)
- The Village Policeman (1971, Heinemann)
- Around My House (1973, Heinemann)
- A London Boyhood (1974, Heinemann)
- One Man and His Dogs (1975, Heinemann)
- To Speed the Plough(1977, Heinemann)
- The Idler's Companion (1978, Heinemann)
- The Forester (1979, Heinemann)
- Portrait of a Country Artist Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901–1979 (1980 Gollancz)
- Tunnicliffe's Countryside (1983, Clive Holloway Books)
- Feathered Friends (1984, Chatto)
- Country Matters (1984, Gollancz)
- Ian Niall's Complete Angler (1986, Heinemann)
- Ian Niall's Country Notes (1987, Octopus Books)
- English Country Traditions (1990 V&A)
- The Way of a Countryman (1965 and 1993, Heinemann)
- Country Life (1953–1993, regular column as Ian Niall)
External links and references
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Johnson, Ian (2005). William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music. Boydell Press. p. 235. ISBN 9781843831594.
- ↑ Reprint contains further bibliographical material.
Further reading
[edit]- John Manson, Ploughmen and Byremen: Novels of Barke, McNellie and Bryce. In Ross, Raymond, ed., Cencrastus No. 52, pp. 3–5. ISSN 0264-0856
External links
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- 1916 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- 20th-century Scottish male writers
- 20th-century Scottish novelists
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers
- 21st-century Scottish male writers
- 21st-century Scottish novelists
- People from Chesham
- People from Clydebank
- People from Wigtown
- Scottish male novelists
- Scottish science fiction writers
- Writers from Buckinghamshire
