Fred Urquhart (1912-1995) was born in Edinburgh, and is best known as a superb short story writer. Isobel Murray is Emeritus Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

In a Review in Tribune in 1946, George Orwell called Urquhart "a short story writer with vastly more life in him than the majority of the tribe ...", adding that "Few now writing are able to handle dialogue more skilfully". In 1967, V. S. Pritchett told readers of the New Statesman that Urquhart's "proletarian studies" had "opened the way for playwrights of the past decade". T.L.S.

Fred Urquhart (1912-1995) was born in Edinburgh, and is best known as a superb short story writer. Isobel Murray is Emeritus Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

In a Review in Tribune in 1946, George Orwell called Urquhart "a short story writer with vastly more life in him than the majority of the tribe ...", adding that "Few now writing are able to handle dialogue more skilfully". In 1967, V. S. Pritchett told readers of the New Statesman that Urquhart's "proletarian studies" had "opened the way for playwrights of the past decade". T.L.S.

Fred Urquhart (1912-1995) was born in Edinburgh, and is best known as a superb short story writer. Isobel Murray is Emeritus Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

In a Review in Tribune in 1946, George Orwell called Urquhart "a short story writer with vastly more life in him than the majority of the tribe ...", adding that "Few now writing are able to handle dialogue more skilfully". In 1967, V. S. Pritchett told readers of the New Statesman that Urquhart's "proletarian studies" had "opened the way for playwrights of the past decade". T.L.S.