MacDiarmid

MacDiarmid
MacDiarmid [mək dʉr′mid]
Hugh (pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve) 1892-1978; Scot. poet

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(1892–1978)
a Scottish poet. He wrote in the Scottish dialect known as Lallans and is best known for his poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1926). He was a Communist and a supporter of Scottish independence, and was one of the first members of the Scottish National Party.

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