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Edwin George Morgan OBE FRSE (27 April 1920 – 19 August 2010) was a Scottish poet and translator associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century.
Edwin Morgan. Scotland’s first official Makar in modern times, Edwin Morgan was endlessly inventive, inquiring, energetic, internationalist, and deeply committed to his home city of Glasgow. A book of poems in his honour, Unknown Is Best, was produced to celebrate Morgan’s eightieth birthday in 2000.
One of Scotland’s most beloved poets, and Glasgow’s first poet laureate, Edwin Morgan, was born in Glasgow and lived there for most of his life.
The immense body of work published by Edwin Morgan since 1952 might suggest an imperious project of cultural domination, but no one having the slightest acquaintance with Morgan’s poetry would think so: his writing offers an extremely rare combination of epic scope with lightness of touch.
Edwin Morgan’s Favourite Poetry Saying: “Poets are the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present.” – P.B. Shelley. The Scottish Poetry Library has published its Edwin Morgan Archive online. It contains a variety of resources for teachers, and readers: www.edwinmorgan.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
This selection is a representative overview of Edwin Morgan's writing, from the 1950s to the 21st century, including love poems, concrete poems, monologues, science fiction, autobiographical poems, and translation.
Selected poems and publications, rare ephemera, and resources for teachers, readers and writers. The Edwin Morgan Archive vividly illustrates the breadth, variety and context of his writing, from the 1950s to the 2000's.
