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Eric Linklater (1899-1974) was a British writer of short stories, military history and travel books. After abandoning his medical studies, Linklater moved to Bombay and became assistant editor of The Times of India. He then returned to Aberdeen University as an assistant to the professor of English and spent 1928-30 as a Commonwealth fellow at Cornell and Berkley. After 1929 he went on to publish 23 novels, 3 volumes of stories and 23 essays and histories which dealt with themes such as war, nationalism and children’s literature.
Born: 1899 in Wales
Died: 1974
Gender: Male