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Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar , or National Poet of Scotland, [ 3 ] and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011.
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is a 1987 play by Liz Lochhead.It explores the relationship between Elizabeth I of England and Mary Stuart.It is primarily written to be from a female point of view, and is considered to be Lochhead's most successful and critically acclaimed play. [1]
The multi-award winning poet’s work spans four decades, and she is the fourth person to be appointed the Scottish Makar since the role was created in 2004, having succeeded Jackie Kay, Liz ...
The Makar or National Poet for Scotland is the national poet of Scotland.The current Makar is Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay), who was appointed in December 2024. Holders of the post are appointed by the Scottish Government and supported by the Scottish Poetry Library, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024.
Publishing prose, poetry and reviews, the magazine is 192 pages long [5] and is a biannual publication. Notable Gutter contributors have included Alasdair Gray, Janice Galloway, Liz Lochhead, Louise Welsh, Ron Butlin, James Kelman and Alexander Hutcheson as well as new writers. [6] [7]
In a similar vein, in 1972-4 John Schofield, then a post-graduate student, organised three annual poetry festivals in various halls at Edinburgh University, called POEM 72, POEM73 and POEM74. Poets reading their work at the first included Edwin Morgan, Norman MacCaig, Tom Buchan, Robert Garioch and Liz Lochhead. About 700 people attended.
Tom Leonard (born 1944), works in the Glaswegian dialect, pioneering the working class voice in Scottish poetry. [55] Liz Lochhead (born 1947) also explored the lives of working-class people of Glasgow, but added an appreciation of female voices within a sometimes male dominated society. [54]
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