Ken Smith
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 20 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 4,1938 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Date of died | June 27,2003 |
| Died | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Born | Rudston |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Judi Benson |
| Books | Fox Running |
| Burned Books | |
| Angels and Others | |
| Work, distances/poems | |
| Burned | |
| Wormwood | |
| Tender to the Queen of Spain | |
| Education | University of Leeds |
| Iowa State University | |
| Harvard University Graduate School Of Design | |
| Awards | Lannan Literary Award for Poetry |
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| ID | 1605011 |
Ken Smith Life story
Ken Smith was a British poet.
Highland hermit makes surprise film festival visit
... Ken Smith left his cabin in Lochaber to attend the premiere in Glasgow of a documentary about his life...
The man who has lived as a hermit for 40 years
...For almost 40 years Ken Smith has shunned conventional life and lived without electricity or running water in a hand-made log cabin on the banks of a remote loch in the Scottish Highlands...
Highland hermit makes surprise film festival visit
A hermit who has spent 40 Years living in isolation in the Scottish Highlands has made a surprise appearance on the Red Carpet of a film festival.
Ken Smith left his cabin in Lochaber to attend the premiere in Glasgow of a documentary about his Life .
The 74-year-old normally lives without electricity or running water beside Loch Treig - the " lonely loch".
He described Glasgow as a very changed city and added: " I've never seen so many people. "
Ken, who is originally from Derbyshire, began A Life of wandering after being beaten up during a Night Out , leaving him unconscious for nearly a fortnight.
While travelling in Canada, he became interested in the Wilderness - and on his return, he sought out what he felt was the " most isolated place in Britain" and built himself a Log Cabin .
His extraordinary story has been told by Lizzie MacKenzie who spent two years filming a documentary for Bbc Scotland .
Ken had to Get Up at 04:00 so he could make the two-hour walk to the nearest road for his journey to the premiere in Glasgow.
He Said he wasn't nervous - But his first trip away from the Highlands in decades made a Big Impression on him.
" The Last Time I was in Glasgow was 30 or 40 Years Ago - it's changed so much from what it used to be, " He Said .
" I don't know any of the places or anything like that, in The Past I did.
" It's certainly a different form of Life - I've never seen so many people. From where I Am , where I live I can go weeks and never see anybody and I just carry on with my jobs. "
Lizzie first met Ken a decade Ago while she was working in a café in the Highlands, after hearing stories from deer stalkers about an old man who lived in The Forest .
" I got curious and ended up going to meet Ken and we wrote letters for years and years - and I slowly learned How To make films so I could tell his story, " She Said .
She made regular visits with her camera, recording how he lived off The Land , facing struggles as he grows older But also enjoying his close relationship with nature.
" The Most challenging one was when Ken did his 50-mile or whatever Round Trip to town and we got up at 03:00 and walked around in The Dark .
" I was trying to keep up with him with the camera and I struggled to keep up - I thought I was fit until I tried to follow Ken with a camera. "
Over The Years they have became friends, and Lizzie was able to help Ken when he needed hospital treatment after a fall.
" She was The One that kept Coming In and doing my shopping while I was in hospital. I was quite grateful for that, " he recalled.
Source of news: bbc.com
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