Nan Shepherd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nan Shepherd

British writer

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1893

Place of Birth: Peterculter, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1981

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Nan (Anna) Shepherd (11 February 1893 – 23 February 1981) was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet.
She is best known for her seminal mountain memoir, The Living Mountain, based on her experiences of hill walking in the Cairngorms.
This text is quoted as a significant influence by many nature writers including Robert Macfarlane and Richard Mabey She also wrote poetry and three stand-alone novels set in small, fictional communities in North Scotland.
The Scottish landscape and weather played a major role in her novels and provided the focus for her poetry.
Shepherd was a lecturer of English at the Aberdeen College of Education for most of her working life .