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About
Scottish poet, scholar, and literary critic known for Love or Nothing, St. Kilda's Parliament, The Donkey's Ear, and other works. He was awarded both the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize.
Before Fame
He studied at the Scottish School of Librarianship and at the University of Hull. He published his first poetry collection, Terry Street, in 1969.
Trivia
He began teaching English at the University of St. Andrews in 1991.
Family Life
He was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Associated With
He and poet Alan Bold are literary contemporaries and fellow Scots.
