Edwin Morgan (1920–2010)
Author of Collected Poems
About the Author
Works by Edwin Morgan
Twentieth Century Poetry: East European Poets, Poetry in Public Unit 32 (Course A306) (1976) 3 copies
emergent poems 3 copies
Baudelaire 2 copies
Edwin Morgan: In Touch With Language: A New Prose Collection 1950-2005 (ASLS Annual Volumes) (2020) 1 copy
Helen And Desire 1 copy
Sovpoems 1 copy
Associated Works
Penguin Modern European Poets : Sándor Weöres and Ferenc Juhász : selected poems (1970) — Introduction, Translator — 22 copies
Where Rockets Burn Through: Contemporary Science Fiction Poems from the UK (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies
Catgut and blossom : Jonathan Williams in England — Contributor — 3 copies
Truck 21, A 50th Birthday Celebration For Jonathan Williams — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Morgan, Edwin George
- Birthdate
- 1920-04-27
- Date of death
- 2010-08-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Hyndland, Scotland, UK
- Places of residence
- Rutherglen, Scotland, UK
- Education
- Rutherglen Academy, Glasgow
Glasgow High School
University of Glasgow - Occupations
- professor
- Organizations
- University of Glasgow
- Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (officer|1982)
The Hungarian Order of Merit (1997)
Poet Laureate of Glasgow (1999)
Queen's Medal for Poetry (2000)
Scots Makar (2004-2011) - Short biography
- Morgan was a 'closet' homosexual who did not publicly admit to the fact until he was 70. From 1963 to 1978 the defining relationship in his life was with John Scott, although they never lived together. Homosexuality was a criminal offence in Scotland until 1980, two years after Scott's death.
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