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The Poems of Norman MacCaig
Norman Maccaig
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Description for The Poems of Norman MacCaig
Paperback. By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book features 778 poems. Editor(s): McCaig, Ewen. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 56. Weight in Grams: 888.
By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book is the third edition of MacCaig's Collected Poems and is edited by his son Ewen. With 778 poems, 100 of them previously unpublished, this is a remarkable collection.
By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book is the third edition of MacCaig's Collected Poems and is edited by his son Ewen. With 778 poems, 100 of them previously unpublished, this is a remarkable collection.
Product Details
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
532
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
887g
Number of Pages
532
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846971365
SKU
V9781846971365
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About Norman Maccaig
Norman MacCaig was born in Edinburgh in 1910. His formal education was firmly rooted in the Edinburgh soil: he attended the Royal High School, Edinburgh University and then trained to be a teacher at Moray House. Having spent years educating young children he later taught Creative Writing, first at Edinburgh University, then at the University of Stirling. He died in ... Read more
Reviews for The Poems of Norman MacCaig
'Magisterial'
The Herald
'An ongoing education in the marvellous possibilities of lyric poetry'
Seamus Heaney 'A wonderful book which will give years of pleasure'
Douglas Dunn
The Herald
'An ongoing education in the marvellous possibilities of lyric poetry'
Seamus Heaney 'A wonderful book which will give years of pleasure'
Douglas Dunn