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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".
In the late 20th century the building was restored and it re-opened as the Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum in 2001. Exhibits in the museum included memorabilia associated with the novelist, J. M. Barrie, the author, Violet Jacob, and the rock singer, Bon Scott, as well as an exhibition on the work of the geologist, Sir Charles Lyell.
When they married they moved to the property and Augusta set about making several alterations, modernizing the property. The writer and poet Violet Jacob (1863–1946), author of Flemington and Tales of Angus, was a member of the Kennedy-Erskine family and was born in the house. The last Laird of Dun was Millicent Lovett.
SNP MSP Fergus Ewing will read from The Wild Geese by Violet Jacob. Conservative MP Sir David Davis, who shared a long friendship with Salmond despite a political divide, will read from John: 14.
Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots; E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian poet; Magdalene Isadora La Grange (1864–1935), American poet; Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright; Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), Russian poet; Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922), Canadian poet and writer
She associated in the pre-war Scottish Renaissance initially with revivalists like Violet Jacob, Alexander Gray and Lewis Spence, [13] and then with MacDiarmid and his cultural efforts in the 1920s and 1930s, through inclusion of her work in Scottish Chapbook and Northern Numbers. She also did radio work at that time. [1]
August 18 – Marion Angus, Scottish poet (born 1865) August 31 – Harley Granville-Barker, English actor, dramatist and critic (born 1877) September 9 – Violet Jacob, Scottish historical novelist and poet (born 1863) September 21 – Lydia J. Newcomb Comings, American author, educator, lecturer (born 1850)
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