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NAARCA Commission: Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod

Mairi Macleod at Saari Residence in Hietamäki, Finland, 2023 (photography by Jussi Virkkumaa)

Mairi Macleod (b.1996) is a Gaelic writer from Glasgow, Scotland. A graduate of the University of Glasgow, she completed an undergraduate degree in Geography and a master’s degree in Earth Futures. Her creative work echoes her academic interests, critically engaging with humanity’s relationships with space, place, and the complex thing we call ‘nature’. As a young woman writing in a minority language, she wants to contribute not just to the survival of her language, but to its blossoming and evolution in different spaces.

In 2023, NAARCA commissioned a short piece of fiction in Scottish Gaelic that will be translated in English. Additionally, Mairi was granted an 8-week, fully funded residency at Saari Residence which included slow travel support from Scotland to Finland.