Edwin Morgan Writer

Edwin George Morgan OBE FRSE (27 April 1920 – 17 August 2010) was a Scottish poet and translator who was associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: The Scots Makar.

Personal facts

Edwin Morgan
Birth dateApril 27, 1920
Birth place
Glasgow
Date of deathAugust 17, 2010
Place of death
Glasgow

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influenced
Informationist poetry
W. N. Herbert
Robert Crawford (Scottish poet)
influenced by
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sonnet
Faber Book of Modern Verse
Beat Generation
Concrete poetry
Metaphysicals

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