The Edwin Morgan Twenties: Scotland

About Edwin Morgan

Edwin Morgan (19202010) became Scotlands first National Poet or Makar in 2004. His poetic output was hardly dimmed by increasing age; Collected Poems  (Carcanet 1990) and Collected Translations  (Carcanet 1996) were succeeded by several later volumes of poetry including Dreams and Other Nightmares (Mariscat Press 2010). He was awarded the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry in 2000. Liz Lochhead was born in Motherwell in 1947. Her poetry collections include: Dreaming Frankenstein (Polygon 1984) True Confessions and New Clichés (Polygon 1985) Bagpipe Muzak (Penguin 1991) The Colour of Black & White(Polygon 2003) and A Choosing (Polygon 2011). In 2005 Liz became Poet Laureate of Glasgow and in 2011 she was appointed Scotlands Makar succeeding Edwin Morgan. Liz Lochhead was awarded the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry (2015).