hugh macdiarmid

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Definition of hugh macdiarmid in French English dictionary

Hugh MacDiarmid, (1892-1978) one of the primary poets of Scotland

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Definition of hugh macdiarmid in English English dictionary

orig. Christopher Murray Grieve born Aug. 11, 1892, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scot. died Sept. 9, 1978, Edinburgh Scottish poet. In 1922 he founded the monthly Scottish Chapbook, in which he published his lyrics and sparked the Scottish literary renaissance. A radical leftist, he rejected English as a medium and scrutinized modern society in verse written in "synthetic Scots," an amalgam of various dialects. A noted work is the extended rhapsody A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1926). He later returned to standard English in such volumes as A Kist of Whistles (1947) and In Memoriam James Joyce (1955). He is regarded as Scotland's preeminent poet of the early 20th century

{i} (1892-1978) one of the primary poets of Scotland

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Definition of hugh macdiarmid in English French dictionary

{n} Hugh MacDiarmid, (1892-1978), écrivain et poète écossais