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The Poems of Norman McCaig

The Poems of Norman McCaig

by Ewen MacCaig (Editor), Norman MacCaig (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

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 With 778 poems, 100 of them previously unpublished, this is a remarkable collection.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 532
 Edition: 3rd
 Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Published: 01 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 1846971365
ISBN 13: 9781846971365

Media Reviews
'A wonderful book which will give years of pleasure.' DOUGLAS DUNN 'An ongoing education in the marvellous possibilities of lyric poetry' SEAMUS HEANEY 'Magisterial' THE HERALD
Author Bio
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 1996.