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Stewart Conn (born 1936) is a Scottish poet and playwright, born in
Hillhead
Hillhead ( sco, Hullheid, gd, Ceann a' Chnuic) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Kelvingrove Park and to the south of the River Kelvin, Hillhead is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming the w ...
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Glasgow
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[''Galaxy 2'' Maryhill Writers Group (2004) ] His father was a minister at Kelvinside Church but the family moved to
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...
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Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
in 1941 when he was five.
[ During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked for the BBC at their offices off Queen Margaret Drive][ and moved to ]Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
in 1977, where until 1992 he was based as BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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Scotland's head of radio drama. He was Edinburgh's first
makar
A makar () is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet.
Since the 19th century, the term ''The Makars'' has been specifically used to refer to a number of poets of fifteenth and sixteenth cent ...
or
poet laureate
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ...
in 2002–05.
Works
As well as several collections of poetry, his books include a collection of essays and memoir poems, ''Distances'' (2001), from Scottish Cultural Press. Most recently he edited ''100 Favourite Scottish Poems'' (SPL/Luath Press, 2006), a TLS Christmas choice, and ''100 Favorite Scottish Love Poems'' (Luath Press, 2008). He has won three
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council ( gd, Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba, sco, Scots Airts Cooncil) was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland. The Council primarily distributed funding from the ...
book awards, travel awards from the Society of Authors and the English-Speaking Union, and the Institute of Contemporary Scotland's first
Iain Crichton Smith
Iain Crichton Smith, (Gaelic: ''Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn''; 1 January 1928 – 15 October 1998) was a Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic.
He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the Isle of Lewis at the age of two, ...
award for services to literature. His collection ''An Ear to the Ground'' was a Poetry Book Society Choice, and ''Stolen Light'' was shortlisted for Saltire Scottish book of the year. A special issue of ''Chapman'' magazine was devoted to the work of Stewart Conn, April 1, 2007. ''The Breakfast Room'' won the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards Poetry Book of the Year Prize in 2010.
Poetry includes
Each year links to its corresponding "
ear
An ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, body balance using the vestibular system. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of ...
in poetry" article:
* 1967: ''Thunder in the Air'' Akros Publications
* 1967: ''The Chinese Tower: A Poem Sequence'' M. Macdonald
* 1968: ''Stoats in the Sunglight'' Hutchinson & Co.
* 1972: ''An Ear to the Ground'' Hutchinson & Co.
* 1987: ''In the Kibble Palace''
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
* 1992: ''The Luncheon of the Boating Party''
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
* 1999: ''Stolen Light: Selected Poems''
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
* 2001: ''Distances: A Personal Evocation of People and Places''
Scottish Cultural Press
* 2005: ''Ghosts at Cockcrow''
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
* 2007 ''The Loving Cup''
Mariscat
* 2010: ''The Breakfast Room''
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
* 2012 ''Estuary''
Mariscat
* 2014: ''The Touch of Time: New and Selected Poems''
Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.
History
Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
* 2016: ''Against the Light''
Mariscat
* 2019: ''Aspects of Edinburgh'' Scotland Street Press
Plays include
* ''
The Burning'' (1971)
* ''Clay Bull''
* ''Greenvoe''
* ''Hugh Miller''
* ''Mission Boy''
* ''The Aquarium''
* ''The King''
* ''Thistlewood''
* ''Under the Ice''
* ''Play Donkey''
* ''Herman''
* ''I Didn't Always Live Here''
References
Further reading
* Conn, Stewart (2001), ''Distances: A Personal Evocation of People and Places'', Scottish Cultural Press,
* Lockerbie, Catherine, "Making Waves: Radio in Scotland", in Parker, Geoff (ed.), ''
Cencrastus
''Cencrastus'' was a magazine devoted to Scottish and international literature, arts and affairs, founded after the Referendum of 1979 by students, mainly of Scottish literature at Edinburgh University, and with support from Cairns Craig, then a ...
'' No. 20, Spring 1985, pp. 8 - 11,
External links
profileat British Council website
Author websiteInterview
at www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com
Biography
on Bloodaxe Books website
Encyclopedia Entrybiography
at Scottish Poetry Library
1936 births
Living people
People educated at Kilmarnock Academy
Scottish dramatists and playwrights
People from Hillhead
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