The Voice of the People: Hamish Henderson and Scottish Cultural Politics 

Corey Gibson

Edinburgh University Press

This shotlisted item for Research Book of the Year examines Hamish Henderson’s life-long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post-war Europe, explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts and describes how all of his works reflect his desire to see the artist fully reintegrated into society. Originally from Dumfries and Galloway, writer Corey Gibson is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.