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Morgan was born in Glasgow and grew up in Rutherglen. His parents were Presbyterian. He convinced his parents to finance his membership of several book clubs in Glasgow. The Faber Book of Modern Verse (1936) was a "revelation" to him, he later said. [2] Morgan entered the University of Glasgow in 1937.
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1961, to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted as a baby by a white Scottish couple, Helen and John Kay, and grew up in Bishopbriggs, a suburb of Glasgow. [8]
She grew up in Glasgow where her family moved when she was less than one year old. She was married to Simon Powell, the founder of the organisation Poetry Live, who died in October 2009 after an 11 year battle with cancer. [1] [13] Her daughter, Ayesha (whose father is Anil Dharker), is an actress in international films, television and stage. [14]
In 2015 Liz Lochhead was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. [5] Lochhead is only the 11th woman to have been awarded the prize since its inception in 1933, and the eighth Scot. [5] A statue of her face was erected at Edinburgh Park, along with those of other famous Scottish poets. The statue contains engravings of her poems. [41]
Before then, she had primarily shared only others' inspirational quotes. Her poem about this period, "History Will Remember When The World Stopped", became popular online, including being read by celebrities in a video to raise money for the NHS. [1] [2] This prompted her to self-publish a pamphlet of lockdown poems on Amazon. [3]
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George Galloway – MP for Glasgow Hillhead (1987–97) and Glasgow Kelvin (1997–2005) [141] Nigel Griffiths – Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South [142] Arthur Henderson – Chairman of the Labour Party [143] Bonar Law – British prime minister [144] John MacCormick – Scottish National Party [145]
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