name: Norman    Maclean
birth_date: 1936-12-26 00:00:00
death_date: 2017-08-31 00:00:00
genres: Fiction
avg_rating: 3.85
ratings_count: 13
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the goodreads data base. See this thread for more information.Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean (Scottish Gaelic: Tormod MacGill-Eain) was a Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster. He is the only person to have won both Bardic Crown and Gold Medal at the same Royal National Mòd.His struggles with alcoholism are documented in his autobiography, The Leper's Bell: Autobiography of a Changeling. He also produced the Gaelic novels "Cumhnantan" (1997), "Keino" (1999), "Dacha Mo Ghaoil" (2005),[8] and "Slaightearan" (2007). Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the goodreads data base. See this thread for more information.Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean (Scottish Gaelic: Tormod MacGill-Eain) was a Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster. He is the only person to have won both Bardic Crown and Gold Medal at the same Royal National Mòd.His struggles with alcoholism are documented in his autobiography, The Leper's Bell: Autobiography of a Changeling. He also produced the Gaelic novels "Cumhnantan" (1997), "Keino" (1999), "Dacha Mo Ghaoil" (2005),[8] and "Slaightearan" (2007). ...more