The Poems of Norman MacCaig
Written by Norman MacCaig / Edited by Ewen McCaig
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ISBN: 9781846971365
Published: 09 Nov 2009
Format: Paperback
Extent: 532
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Categories:
Poetry
Poetry
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
About the Book
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 With 778 poems, 100 of them previously unpublished, this is a remarkable collection.
The Author
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 1996.
