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Sorley MacLean was given a number of awards and honorary degrees during his lifetime. The information below was kindly provided by the MacLean family.

Honorary Degrees

  • LLD, University of Dundee 1972
  • D.Litt, Celt, The National University of Ireland 1979
  • D.Litt, University of Edinburgh 1980
  • D.Univ, Open University 1989
  • D.Univ, University of Grenoble 1989
  • D.Phil, Anglia Polytechnic 1994
  • D.Litt, University of Glasgow 1996

Honours

  • Twice chief of The Gaelic Society of Inverness 1970, 1982
  • Honorary President of Saltire Society 1985
  • Freeman of Skye and Lochalsh 1987
  • Fellow of Royal Society of Literature 1989
  • Freeman of Grenoble 1989
  • Honorary Fellow of the School of Scottish Studies 1984
  • Honorary Fellow of the School of Scottish Studies
  • Honorary Degree of Fellowship of the EIS (FEIS)1991
  • Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992
  • Honorary Fellow of the RIAS 1996
  • Honorary Member of the RSA (HRSA) in 1996

Awards

  • Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 1990
  • MacVitie Prize for Literature 1990
  • Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year 1990
  • Alumnus of the Year, University of Edinburgh 1990
  • Heritage Society of Scotland 1991

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