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Gabriel Setoun
1861–1930
A Scottish poet and storyteller writing under a pen name, he mixed lyrical verse with warmly observed fiction rooted in village life. His work ranges from well-loved poems such as "Jack Frost" to novels linked with the Kailyard tradition.
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Robert Burns
by Gabriel Setoun
About the author
Born Thomas Nicoll Hepburn in West Wemyss, Fife, on April 21, 1861, he wrote under the name Gabriel Setoun. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and biographer, and sources also describe him as a headmaster who studied at St Andrews.
Setoun is remembered for poems including Jack Frost, Romance, and The World's Music. He also wrote fiction such as Barncraig, Sunshine and Haar, Robert Urquhart, George Malcolm, and The Skipper of Barncraig, along with a biography of Robert Burns for the Famous Scots Series.
His fiction is often placed in the Kailyard school, a style associated with intimate, small-town Scottish settings and everyday character sketches. He died in London on September 1, 1930.