MacCaig sa narodil v Edinburghu a po zvyšok života delil svoj čas medzi rodné mesto a Assynt v škótskej Vysočine. Počas druhej svetovej vojny sa registroval ako svedomitý odporca. V roku 1967 bol vymenovaný za nositeľa štipendia v oblasti kreatívneho písania na univerzite v Edinburghu. V roku 1970 sa stal lektorom poézie na univerzite v Stirlingu.
By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book features 778 poems.
Spend some time with the grand old man of Scottish poetry, Norman McCaig, and revisit the beauty of his poems with this collection to commemorate a life well lived.
The first and only collection based on MacCaig's poetry written in or about his beloved Assynt in Sutherland.