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Robert Garioch

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Robert Garioch
Personal details
BirthEdinburgh Mey 9, 1909
DiedApryle 26, 1981
Eddication
EddicationVarsity o Edinburgh
Royal High School (en) Owerset
Leids spokenItalian
Thrift
Thrifttranslator (en) Owerset, screiveran poet
Awaird
MovementScots Renaissance
Militar service
Militar branchBreetish Airmy
ConflictWarld War II

Robert Garioch Sutherland, (9 Mey 1909 – 26 Aprile 1981), wis a Scots poet an translator. His poetry wis written awmaist exclusively in the Scots leid, he wis a key member in the leeterar revival o the leid in the mid-20t century. Houever, his biggest influences war the 18t-century poet Robert Fergusson an the Italian dialect sonneteer Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.