Alistair MacLeod
1936 - 2014
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Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian novelist, renowned for his poignant and lyrical writing that often focused on the lives of the Scottish immigrants in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, in 1936, MacLeod spent his early life in Cape Breton before pursuing a successful academic career in English literature. Despite his acclaimed literary works, MacLeod remained humble and dedicated to his craft, publishing a relatively small but influential body of writing that earned him numerous awards and honors.