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Mackenzie, Sir (Edward Morgan) Compton

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Mackenzie, Sir (Edward Morgan) Compton (1883–1972), a prolific writer, who produced books of travel, biography, essays, poems, and much journalism, as well as the novels for which he is best remembered. The most notable of these include Carnival (1912); Sinister Street (2 vols; 1913, 1914), which presents a semi-autobiographical figure Michael Fane, ‘handicapped by a public school and university education’; Vestal Fire (1927); and Extraordinary Women (1928). He published two volumes of war memoirs, Gallipoli Memories (1929) and Greek Memories (1932). During 1937–45 appeared the six volumes of The Four Winds of Love, tracing the life of John Ogilvie, a pensive and individualistic Scot, from the time of the Boer War to the emergence of Scottish nationalism in 1945. Whisky Galore (1947) was made into a successful film. Thin Ice (1956) is a perceptive story of two homosexuals. In 1963–71 he published the ten ‘Octaves’ of My Life and Times.

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Sir Compton MacKenzie

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Sir Compton MacKenzie 1883–1972, English author, b. West Hartelpool, Durham, educated at Oxford. In Apr., 1923, he founded the Gramophone, a periodical devoted to reviewing recordings. A prolific and versatile writer, MacKenzie was particularly noted for his novels, which were often set in exotic locations. They include Carnival (1912), Sinister Street (1913), and On Moral Courage (1962). Among his nonfiction works is Mr. Roosevelt (1944).

Bibliography: See his autobiography, My Life and Times (10 vol., 1963–71); study by K. Young (1968).

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