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This collection of poems is from Scottish poet Maurice Lindsay, whose book Collected Poems 1940-1990 was short-listed from the 1992 Royal Bank of Scotland/Satire Society Literary Award. These poems range from lyricism and sonnets to less formal poems satirizing human follies, and from poems of place to an amusing take-off of the foibles of the cult of Burns supperism.
64 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1993
About the author
Maurice Lindsay
108 books2 followersMaurice Lindsay CBE, was a Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet.
After serving in World War II he became a radio broadcaster, also editing the 1946 anthology Modern Scottish Poetry, and writing music criticism. He later was Programme Controller at Border Television.
His Collected Poems (1974) drew on 12 published collections. He wrote a number of other books, including one on Robert Burns.
Dr. Lindsay was Director of the Scottish Civil Trust, President of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies from 1989 to 1993, and was Honorary Secretary-General of Europa Nostra.
After serving in World War II he became a radio broadcaster, also editing the 1946 anthology Modern Scottish Poetry, and writing music criticism. He later was Programme Controller at Border Television.
His Collected Poems (1974) drew on 12 published collections. He wrote a number of other books, including one on Robert Burns.
Dr. Lindsay was Director of the Scottish Civil Trust, President of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies from 1989 to 1993, and was Honorary Secretary-General of Europa Nostra.
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