Edwin Morgan

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Edwin Morgan
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The Scots Makar (en) Owerset

2004 - 2010
Personal details
BirthGlesga Apryle 27, 1920
DiedGlesga August 17, 2010
Manner o daithnatural causes (en) Owerset (pneumonia)
Eddication
EddicationGlesga University
Stonelaw High School (en) Owerset
Leids spokenInglis
Thrift
Thriftlinguist (en) Owerset, poet, translator (en) Owerset, screiver, literary critic (en) Owerset, university teacher (en) Owerset, science fiction writer (en) Owersetan visual poet (en) Owerset
EmployerGlesga University
Awaird
Member oRoyal Society of Edinburgh (en) Owerset
Royal Society of Literature (en) Owerset
MovementScots Renaissance
GenrePoetry
Militar service
Militar branchBreetish Airmy
ConflictWarld War II

Edwin George Morgan OBE (27 Aprile 1920 – 17 August 2010)[1] wis a Scots makar an translator that wis associate wi the Scots Renaissance. He is widely kent as ane o the foremaist Scots poets o the 20t century. In 1999, Morgan wis makkit the first Glesca Poet Laureate. In 2004, he wis named as the first Scots naitional poet: the Scots Makar.

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