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Walter Kennedy

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Walter Kennedy
Personal details
Birth1455
Died1518
Eddication
EddicationGlesga University 1476)
Leids spokenMiddle Scots leid
Middle Inglis leid
Thrift
Thriftpoetan screiver
Notable wirkThe Passioun of Crist (en) Owerset
GenrePoetry

Walter Kennedy (ca. 1455 – 1518?) wis a Scots makar associatit wi the Renaissance coort o James IV. He is aiblins maist weel kent as the defendant agin William Dunbar in The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie, but his survivin warks clearly shaw him tae hae been an accomplishit "maister" in mony genres.[1] It is likely that a signeeficant body o poetry bi him haes been lost.

His maist impressive survivin poem is The Passioun of Crist.

References

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  1. Meier, Nicole, ed. The Poems of Walter Kennedy Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Text Society, 2008, p. ix