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Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)

Author of Selected Poems

75+ Works 616 Members 3 Reviews 6 Favorited

About the Author

Hugh MacDiarmid, one of the greatest figures in 20th century Scottish literature and the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, was born on August 11, 1892 in Langholm, Scotland. After MacDiarmid served during World War I, he held jobs in political offices and as a teacher and a journalist. show more MacDiarmid published the poem "Annals of the Five," and "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle," his most famous work. Hugh MacDiarmid died on September 9, 1978 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Hugh MacDiarmid

Selected Poems (1970) 134 copies, 2 reviews
Collected poems of Hugh MacDiarmid (1962) 31 copies, 1 review
Complete Poems 1920-1976 (1978) 24 copies
More collected poems (1970) 11 copies
The company I've kept (1967) 11 copies
A Lap of Honour (1967) 7 copies
Scottish eccentrics (1993) 7 copies
Aesthetics in Scotland (1984) 6 copies
A Clyack-Sheaf (1969) 6 copies
Selected Prose (1992) 6 copies
Speaking for Scotland (1946) 5 copies
Sangschaw 5 copies
Complete Poems (2017) 4 copies
John Knox (1976) 2 copies
Direadh I, II, and III (2015) 2 copies
Collected poems 2 copies
Metaphysics and poetry (1975) 1 copy
Hugh MacDiarmid. (1986) 1 copy
Song of the Seraphim (1973) 1 copy
Penny Wheep 1 copy

Associated Works

World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 496 copies, 2 reviews
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (1954) — Contributor, some editions — 483 copies, 3 reviews
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 439 copies, 4 reviews
The Faber Book of Modern Verse (1936) — Contributor, some editions — 311 copies, 2 reviews
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contributor — 269 copies, 1 review
British Poetry Since 1945 (1970) — Contributor, some editions — 191 copies, 2 reviews
The Faber Book of Beasts (1997) — Contributor — 168 copies, 1 review
The Poet's Work: 29 Poets on the Origins and Practice of Their Art (1979) — Contributor — 95 copies, 1 review
An Introduction to Poetry (1968) — Contributor — 72 copies, 1 review
The Gender of Modernism: A Critical Anthology (1990) — Contributor — 69 copies, 1 review
The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966) — Contributor — 57 copies
Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001 (2014) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review
Long Overdue: Book About Libraries and Librarians (1993) — Contributor — 49 copies
Scottish Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1971) — Contributor — 45 copies, 1 review
Collected poems, 1941-1975 (1975) — Introduction — 10 copies
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries (1936) — Contributor — 10 copies
Apocalypse: An Anthology (2020) — Contributor — 6 copies
Little Reviews Anthology 1945 — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Grieve, Christopher Murray
Other names
MacDiarmid, Hugh
Birthdate
1892-08-11
Date of death
1978-09-09
Gender
male
Occupations
journalist
poet
editor
Relationships
Campsie, Alistair Keith (friend)
Nationality
UK
Places of residence
Montrose, Scotland, UK
Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Burial location
Langholm
Associated Place (for map)
Scotland, UK

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Reviews

3 reviews
An unsatisfactory edition made obsolete by the Penguin Complete Poems in 1985, but I was sure glad to have it at the time.
Poems in English and Lallans (Scots) by the wonderful Scottish nationalist/Marxist poet, MacDiarmid (C.M. Grieve). Most definitely worth reading.

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Works
75
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Members
616
Popularity
#40,814
Rating
3.9
Reviews
3
ISBNs
65
Languages
1
Favorited
6

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