Nan Shepherd (1893–1981)
Author of The Living Mountain
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- Birthdate
- 1893-02-11
- Date of death
- 1981-02-23
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Peterculter, Scotland, UK
- Place of death
- Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Places of residence
- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
- Education
- University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen High School - Occupations
- novelist
poet
editor - Short biography
- Nan (Anna) Shepherd
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what our body and mind feel, every minute, day and night.
Odd inclusions: mentioning locations not shown on the map, "fey,"
the eternal sadness of the interlocked stags, the many mountain deaths -
do we always need the reminder of Death to Love Life?
Thoreau would have enjoyed this book!
Even without an accompanying set of photographs or a video,
readers join the summits, plateaus, lochs, and pine-needle "compacted balls."
(How welcome their photo would be.)… (more)