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Norman Alexander MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996) was a Scottish poet and teacher. His poetry, in modern English , is known for its humour, simplicity of language and great popularity. [ 1 ]
Others demonstrated a greater interest in English language poetry, among them Norman MacCaig (1910–96), George Bruce (1909–2002) and Maurice Lindsay (1918–2009). [59] George Mackay Brown (1921–96) from Orkney, wrote both poetry and prose fiction shaped by his distinctive island background. [59]
Lines Review was a Scottish poetry journal founded by the publisher Callum Macdonald in 1952. [1] Its original editorial board included the Scottish poets Sydney Goodsir Smith, Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Sorley MacLean and Denis Peploe. [2] Latterly its individual editors included the poets Robin Fulton and Tessa Ransford.
Others closely associated were the Scottish (as Hendry was) poets G. S. Fraser and Norman MacCaig, although the latter saw his work from Riding Lights (1955) onwards as part of "the long haul towards lucidity" after his Apocalyptic start.
Those working in English included Norman MacCaig, George Bruce, Maurice Lindsay and George Mackay Brown. The parallel revitalisation of Gaelic poetry, known as the Scottish Gaelic Renaissance was largely due to the work of Sorley Maclean. The generation of poets that grew up in the postwar period included Douglas Dunn, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead.
The Cholmondeley Awards (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ m l i / CHUM-lee) are annual awards for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966. Since 1991 the award has been made to four poets each year, to the total value of £8000.
May 1—Norman has officially become the first city in Oklahoma with a poet laureate. University of Oklahoma professor Julie Ann Ward, Ph.D., was announced to the position during a poetry month ...
Archie Lamont (poet, nationalist pamphleteer) William Lamb (sculptor) Maurice Lindsay (poet, critic) Eric Linklater (novelist and politician) Norman MacCaig (poet) William McCance (painter) Fionn MacColla [Thomas "Tom" Douglas MacDonald] (novelist, historian) Compton MacKenzie (novelist, journalist) Agnes Mure Mackenzie (writer and historian ...