Smith, Iain Crichton (1928–1998)

Scottish writer. Writing in English and Gaelic, he described human loneliness in a dehumanized world and the tensions between the religious traditions of the Highlands and modern freedom. His poetry includes Thistles and Roses (1961) and The Law and the Grace (1965). Consider the Lilies (1968) and The Last Summer (1969) are novels. Listen to the Voice: Selected Stories was published in 1993.

Smith was born on the island of Lewis and studied at Aberdeen University. He translated into English the poetry of Duncan MacIntyre and Sorley MacLean, as well as his own.