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Scottish Renaissance
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The Scottish Renaissance was a mainly literary movement of the early to mid-20th century that can be seen as the Scottish version of modernism. It is sometimes referred to as the Scottish literary ren
A bust of Hugh MacDiarmid sculpted in 1927 by William Lamb
A bust of Hugh MacDiarmid sculpted in 1927 by William Lamb
Stanley Cursiter, Regatta, (1913)
Stanley Cursiter, Regatta, (1913)
Scottish Poetry Library, Crichton's Close, Edinburgh. The Scottish Renaissance revived interest in Scottish poetry.
Scottish Poetry Library, Crichton's Close, Edinburgh. The Scottish Renaissance revived interest in Scottish poetry.
Hugh MacDiarmid
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Christopher Murray Grieve, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish
Scottish Renaissance
…Anglo-Américaine in April 1924. The term had appeared much earlier, however, in the work of the polymathic Patrick Geddes and in a 1922 book review by Christopher Murray Grieve ("Hugh MacDiarmid") for the Scottish Chapbook that predicted a "Scottish Renascence as swift and irresistible as was the Belgian Revival between 1880…
MacDiarmid, c. 1966
MacDiarmid, c. 1966
Poster for Hugh MacDiarmid exhibition held at the National Library of Scotland in honour of his 75th birthday in 1967
Poster for Hugh MacDiarmid exhibition held at the National Library of Scotland in honour of his 75th birthday in 1967
McDiarmid (bottom row, third from left) in a photograph of attendees of Malcolm X's speech at the Oxford Union, 3 December 1964. The two debated that
McDiarmid (bottom row, third from left) in a photograph of attendees of Malcolm X's speech at the Oxford Union, 3 December 1964. The two debated that day on the use of force to resist oppression.
Plaque on a building near Gladstone Court Museum, Biggar, South Lanarkshire which was opened by MacDiarmid in 1968. The inscription reads "Let the les
Plaque on a building near Gladstone Court Museum, Biggar, South Lanarkshire which was opened by MacDiarmid in 1968. The inscription reads "Let the lesson be – to be yersel's and to mak' that worth bein'". Sculpted by Douglas Robertson 1995.