Hugh MacDiarmid
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 45 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 11,1892 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Langholm |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | September 9,1978 |
| Died | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Children | Michael Grieve |
| Job | Translator |
| Politician | |
| Poet | |
| Journalist | |
| Biographer | |
| Literary critic | |
| Party | Communist Party of Great Britain |
| Education | The University of Edinburgh |
| Movies/Shows | Cities |
| Nationality | British |
| Scottish | |
| Founded | 1320 Club |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 448147 |
Complete poems
Selected poetry
Lucky poet
The revolutionary art of the future
Scottish eccentrics
The company I've kept
The Hugh MacDiarmid anthology: poems in Scots and English
Golden Treasury of Scottish Poetry
Annals of the five senses, C. M. Grieve
Selected essays of Hugh MacDiarmid
The letters of Hugh MacDiarmid
Contemporary Scottish studies
Albyn: Shorter Books and Monographs
Selected Poems
On a Raised Beach: And Other Poems
The Hugh MacDiarmid-George Ogilvie letters
Selected prose
Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections from Certain Living Scottish Poets
A lap of honour
More collected poems
The socialist poems of Hugh MacDiarmid
A Clyack- Sheaf
The thistle rises
Selected poems of Hugh MacDiarmid [pseud. ]
Annals of the Five Senses and Other Stories, Sketches and Plays
A political speech
Hugh MacDiarmid
New selected letters
Song of the Seraphim
Metaphysics and poetry
Scottish Scene, Or, The Intelligent Man's Guide to Albyn
Seven Poets: Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown, Robert Garioch, Sorley MacLean, Edwin Morgan
At the Sign of the Thistle
The uncanny Scot
Aesthetics in Scotland
The Furniture of Rupert Williamson
Shibbo-lithos
Cornish Heroic Song to Valda Trevlyn
The MacDiarmids: A Conversation [between] Hugh Macdiarmid & Duncan Glen with Valda Grieve & Arthur Thompson: Recorded at Brownsbank, Candymill, on 25th October 1968
John Knox
Selected Poems of Robert Burns
Stepping Into the Avalanche
Early lyrics by Hugh MacDiarmid
Exports of Pottery from the United Kingdom, 1948-1968
Hugh MacDiarmid Life story
Christopher Murray Grieve, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics.
Memorial celebrates 'radical spirit of Scotland' Winnie Ewing
Former First Minister Alex Salmond has led tributes to SNP politician Winnie Ewing at a memorial service in Inverness.
Known famously as Madame Ecosse,.
She became Scotland 's first SNP female parliamentarian After Her shock victory at the Hamilton by-election in 1967.
Mr Salmond told The Service in Inverness Cathedral Mrs Ewing was " the true radical spirit of Scotland ".
He added: " Winnie's commitment to Scotland was instinctive, heartfelt, her Scottish nationalism The Product of a loving family upbringing even through the turbulence of wartime Scotland .
" Her real achievement was to tilt the Axis Of Scottish politics, to put Scottish independence on the map and help define it as a positive, forward-looking, internationalist force.
" All That and to have the genius to define it in one single phrase ringing through The Years ; 'Stop The World - Scotland wants to get on'".
Mr Salmond ended by saying The Poet Hugh Macdiarmid had once described Robert Burns as " the true radical spirit of Scotland " and said that is " exactly how we should remember Winnie Ewing ".
A second eulogy was given by former Scottish Government Health Secretary Alex Neil Who Said Mrs Ewing had " changed The Face of British politics forever".
First Minister Humza Yousaf , Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes all gave readings.
Mr Yousaf earlier told Bbc Scotland that Mrs Ewing had been a " colossus of our movement".
He added: " It is actually hard to put into words just what an impact she has had not just on the SNP, The Cause of independence but on the country as a whole.
" She is immortalised in our party and our movement. "
Other attendees included former Scottish Government finance secretaries John Swinney and Derek Mackay , as well as ex-health secretary Jeane Freeman .
Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross was also at The Service and said that Mrs Ewing had served the Highlands well during her time as a parliamentarian.
He added: " She was a trailblazer not just for the Independence Movement but also for women in politics. "
As well as serving in both the UK and Scottish Parliaments, Mrs Ewing was also a member of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1999, becoming known as Madame Ecosse and being given the title Mother of the European Parliament .
In July 2001, she announced her intention to Stand Down as a list MSP for the Highlands and Islands ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections.
Mrs Ewing is Survived By three children and four grandchildren.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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