Hugh MacDiarmid
Hugh MacDiarmid
Christopher Murray Grieve, known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is best known for his works written in 'synthetic Scots', or Lallans, a literary version of the Scots language that MacDiarmid himself developed...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 August 1892
optimism elements earth
In spite of all their kind some elements of worth With difficulty persist here and there on earth.
scotland infinite scots
Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland SMALL?
world stones building
There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.
escaping bedtime fortunate
Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.
writing numbers people
The number of people who can copulate properly may be few; the number who can write well are infinitely fewer.
football together intellect
Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.
lying inspiration europe
It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.