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Edwin Morgan (poet)

Edwin Morgan (poet)
Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (d. 2010)

Edwin George Morgan was a Scottish poet and translator associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Makar or National Poet for Scotland.

27 April 1920

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