Compton Mackenzie

Compton Mackenzie [ˈkʌmptən məˈkɛnzɪ], pleniter Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (1883 - 1972), alumnus Collegii Magdalenae apud Oxonienses, fuit mythistoricus, autobiographus, emissarius et incola insularum: habitavit enim Capreis 1913-1920, Herm inter insulas Normannicas 1920-1923, Barram ab anno circiter 1935.

Compton Mackenzie (ad sinistram partem) cum emissariis collegis apud legationem Britannicam Athenis die 25 Novembris 1916

Vita

Natus est die 17 Ianuarii 1883 in oppido West Hartlepool Angliae. In annis 1914-1917 fuit emissarius Britannicus in Graecia, de qua re quattuor commentaria scripsit, Gallipoli Memories, Athenian Memories, Greek Memories, Aegean Memories. Opus eius notissimum est mythistoria ludicra de aqua vita clam importata, Whisky Galore! Mortuus est die 30 Novembris 1972 Edimburgi.

Opera selecta

• The Gentleman in Grey (1907)
• The Passionate Elopement (1911)
• Carnival (1912)
• Sinister Street (1914)
• Guy and Pauline (1915)
• The Altar Steps (1922) Textus Anglice
• Santa Claus in Summer (1924)
• The Old Men Of the Sea (1924)
• Vestal Fire (1927)
• Extraordinary Women (1928)
• Gallipoli Memories (1929)
• Athenian Memories (1931)
• Greek Memories (1932 [editio vetita]; 1939 [editio recensa])
• Aegean Memories (1940)
• The Monarch of the Glen (1941)
• The Four Winds of Love (6 voll. 1937–45)
• Whisky Galore! (1947)
• The Rival Monster (1952)
• Rockets Galore (1957)
• Thin Ice (1956)
• The Lunatic Republic (1959)
• The Stolen Soprano (1965)
• My Life and Times (1971)

Nexus externi

• De Compton Mackenzie in Indice Interretiali Pellicularum (Anglice)