Margaret Bennett (writer)
Margaret Bennett | |
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Bennett in 2006 | |
| Born | 27 October 1946 Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Folklorist, academic, author, singer |
| Children | Martyn Bennett |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Strathclyde Memorial University of Newfoundland University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | Hebridean Traditions of the Eastern Townships of Quebec: A Study in Cultural Identity (1994) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Museum of Man, Quebec Scottish Education Department School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Main interests | Scottish folk culture and cultural identity, Scottish diaspora |
| Website | margaretbennett |
Margaret Bennett (born 27 October 1946) is a Scottish, writer, folklorist, ethnologist, broadcaster, and singer. Having spent much of her life living between Scotland and Canada, her work concerns traditional Scottish folk culture and the cultural identity of the Scots abroad. Her close friend and mentor, the Scottish poet Hamish Henderson, considered Beckett "one of the major figures of the modern Scottish revival...Margaret embodies all that is best of the spirit of Scotland".