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Modern Scottish Poetry (Faber)
''Modern Scottish Poetry: An Anthology of the Scottish Renaissance 1920-1945'' was a poetry anthology edited by Maurice Lindsay, and published in 1946 by Faber and Faber. It covered the Scottish Renaissance literary movement in Scotland, featuring works written in English, Scots and Gaelic, and was important in bringing the Scottish poets of the time to wider international attention. The anthology went through subsequent editions published in 1966, 1976 and 1986. Poets in ''Modern Scottish Poetry'' (1946) Margot Robert Adamson - Marion Angus - George Bruce - Helen B. Cruickshank - Adam Drinan - John Ferguson - G. S. Fraser - Robert Garioch - W. S. Graham - Alexander Gray - George Campbell Hay - J. F. Hendry - Violet Jacob - William Jeffrey - Maurice Lindsay - Norman MacCaig - Hugh MacDiarmid - Pittendrigh MacGillivray - Albert MacKie - Hamish Maclaren - Sorley MacLean - Robert MacLellan - Donald MacRae - William Montgomerie - Edwin Muir - R. Crombie Saunders - T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Jacob
Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel ''Flemington'' and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most considerable of contemporary vernacular poets". Early life Jacob was born Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine, at the House of Dun, the daughter of William Henry Kennedy-Erskine (1 July 1828 – 15 September 1870) of Dun, Forfarshire, a captain in the 17th Lancers and Catherine Jones (died 13 February 1914), the only daughter of William Jones of Henllys, Carmarthenshire. Her father was the son of John Kennedy-Erskine (1802–1831) of Dun and Augusta FitzClarence (1803–1865), the illegitimate daughter of King William IV and Dorothy Jordan. She was a great-granddaughter of Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa. The area of Montrose where her family seat of Dun was situated was the setting for much of her fiction. She marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Sinclair (poet)
Donald Sinclair may refer to: *Donald Sinclair (hotel owner) (1909–1981), owner of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay and the inspiration for the character Basil Fawlty in ''Fawlty Towers'' *Donald Sinclair (veterinary surgeon) (1911–1995), inspiration for the character Siegfried Farnon in James Herriot's novels and their film and TV adaptations ''All Creatures Great and Small'' *Donald Sinclair (Ontario politician) (1829–1900), Canadian politician *Donald Sinclair (diplomat) Donald Sinclair may refer to: *Donald Sinclair (hotel owner) (1909–1981), owner of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay and the inspiration for the character Basil Fawlty in ''Fawlty Towers'' *Donald Sinclair (veterinary surgeon) (1911–1995), inspir ..., former Canadian ambassador to Israel * Donald Sinclair (Minnesota politician) (1899-1978), American farmer and politician {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Donald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Scott-Moncrieff
Ann Scott-Moncrieff () (1914–1943) was an author who was the daughter of Major J. D. M. Shearer. She was born in Kirkwall, Scotland, in 1914. She attended the University of Edinburgh and married George Scott-Moncrieff in 1934, a Scottish novelist and topographer. She contributed to BBC programmes, and her first published literary work was a children's story, ''Aboard the Bulger'', which appeared as a serial in "The Bulletin" before its publication as a book. A volume of short stories, ''The White Drake and Other Tales'', were created. Her last book, ''Auntie Robbo'', was published in the United States in 1940. Scott-Moncrieff died in 1943; she was memorialized in a poem by Edwin Muir Edwin Muir CBE (15 May 1887 – 3 January 1959) was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator. Born on a farm in Deerness, a parish of Orkney, Scotland, he is remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry written in plain language and wit .... Her three children's books have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Scott (poet)
Tom Scott (6 June 1918 – 7 August 1995) was a Scottish poet, editor, and prose writer. His writing is closely tied to the New Apocalypse, the New Romantics, and the Scottish Renaissance. Scott was born in Glasgow, Scotland. During World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... he served in the British Army in Britain and Nigeria. After the war he received an M.A. with Honours in English Literature and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. His first poems were published in 1941. Scott received an Atlantic Award for Literature in 1950 and traveled in France, Italy, and Sicily. During his travels he became interested in literature in Scots, his own native language, which shaped the direction of his work for the rest of his life. He settled in Edinburgh and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Muir
Edwin Muir CBE (15 May 1887 – 3 January 1959) was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator. Born on a farm in Deerness, a parish of Orkney, Scotland, he is remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry written in plain language and with few stylistic preoccupations. Biography Muir was born at the farm of Folly in Deerness, the same parish in which his mother was born. The family then moved to the island of Wyre, followed by a return to the Mainland, Orkney. In 1901, when he was 14, his father lost his farm, and the family moved to Glasgow. In quick succession his father, two brothers, and his mother died within the space of a few years. His life as a young man was a depressing experience, and involved a raft of unpleasant jobs in factories and offices, including working in a factory that turned bones into charcoal. "He suffered psychologically in a most destructive way, although perhaps the poet of later years benefitted from these experiences as much as from his Orkne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Montgomerie (poet)
William Montgomerie (1797–1856) was a Scottish military doctor with the East India Company, and later head of the medical department at Singapore. He is best known for promoting the use of gutta-percha in Europe. This material was an important natural rubber that made submarine telegraph cables possible. Montgomerie was involved in spice cultivation as head of the Singapore botanical experimental gardens and at his personal estate in Singapore. The latter never became economically viable, but he received a Society of Arts gold medal for nutmeg cultivation. He was also responsible for building the first lunatic asylum in Singapore. Montgomerie died at Barrackpore in India a few years after taking part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War as Superintendent Surgeon. Early life and family Montgomerie was born in Scotland in 1797. In 1827, he married Elizabeth Graham in Calcutta. A son is mentioned in a newspaper article. His brother was Major-General Sir P. Montgomerie of the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert MacLellan (poet) (born 1934), Australian politician
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Robert MacLellan or Maclellan may refer to: * Robert MacLellan (politician, born 1925) (1925–2011), member of the House of Commons of Canada * Robert A. MacLellan (1882–1968), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly * Robert Maclellan, 1st Lord Kirkcudbright (died 1641), provost of Kirkcudbright known for his riotous (and violent) behavior * Rob Maclellan Robert Roy Cameron "Rob" Maclellan AM (born 8 March 1934) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the seats of Gippsland West (1970–76), Berwick (1976–92) and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Maclaren
Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name '' Seamus'' or ''Sheumais''. It is therefore, the equivalent of James. People Given name * Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand cricketer * Hamish Bennett (director), New Zealand filmmaker * Hamish Blake (born 1981), Australian comedian and radio presenter * Hamish Bond (born 1986), New Zealand Olympic rower * Hamish Bowles (born 1963), European editor-at-large for ''Vogue'' * Hamish Brown, writer and mountain walker * Hamish Carter (born 1971), Olympic gold medallist triathlete from New Zealand * Hamish Clark, Scottish actor * Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916–2007), British Army major * Hamish Glencross (born 1978), heavy metal guitarist for the band My Dying Bride * Hamish Henderson (1919–2002), Scottish singer and collector of folk music * Hamish Imlach (1940-1996), Scottish folk singer * Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand musician in the band The Clean * Hamish Linkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert MacKie
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittendrigh MacGillivray
James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856 – 29 April 1938) was a Scottish sculptor. He was also a keen artist, musician and poet. He was born in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the son of a sculptor, and studied under William Brodie and John Mossman. His works include public statues of Robert Burns in Irvine, Lord Byron in Aberdeen, the 3rd Marquess of Bute in Cardiff, John Knox in Edinburgh's St Giles Cathedral, and William Ewart Gladstone in Coates Crescent Gardens, Edinburgh. After training under Brodie in Edinburgh, Macgillivray worked for nine years in Glasgow as assistant to Mossman and James Steel. In 1894 he returned to Edinburgh, where he lived at "Ravelston Elms" on Murrayfield Road. Macgillivray was a Scottish nationalist, and associated both with Patrick Geddes' Fin de Siècle Scottish cultural revival and Hugh MacDiarmid's later Scottish Renaissance movement. He contributed illustrations to the Spring and Autumn volumes of ''The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal'' publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
