Scottish eccentrics
by Hugh MacDiarmid
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MacDiarmid's study of the eccentric, impulsive Scottish genius is of his most important prose works, and takes its place as Volume IV of the MacDiarmid 2000 edition launched in 1992 to celebrate the centenary of his birth.Tags
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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. MacDiarmid published the poem "Annals of the Five," and show more "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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