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When did Sorley MacLean's works start gaining popularity outside of Gaelic-speaking circles?

  • 1956

  • 1968

  • 1970s

  • 1985

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Sorley MacLean's works started gaining popularity outside of Gaelic-speaking circles in the 1970s. This was due to a number of factors, including the growing interest in Celtic culture and literature, as well as the efforts of translators such as Iain Crichton Smith and Derick Thomson. MacLean's work is now widely considered to be one of the most important contributions to modern Scottish literature.
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