Walter Perrie
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Walter Perrie (born 1949) is a Scottish poet, author, editor and critic. He has also published under the pseudonym Patrick MacCrimmon.{{cite book|author=Trevor Royle|title=Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235|year=1984|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-07587-4|page=235|chapter=Perrie, Walter}}
Education
Born in the village of Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1949, Walter Perrie was educated at the Hamilton Academy, and studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. (He subsequently gained a further degree from the University of Stirling.)
Career
Since the 1970s, Walter Perrie has been a poet, editor, travel writer and contributor to numerous magazines and periodicals. Perrie was a founding co-editor in 1969 of the literary magazine Chapman (Chapman Publishing, Edinburgh), editing the magazine until 1975. Managing Editor, 1985–90, of Margin:International Arts Quarterly, Perrie has also been editor of Lines Review and, with John Herdman, Fras magazine. Scottish-Canadian Exchange Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1984–85, Perrie is also a former Writer in Residence, University of Stirling (1991.)[https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&dq=Walter+Perrie+writer+author+poet&pg=PA439 Book:International Who's Who of Authors and Writers (Europa Publications, 2004)] Retrieved 15 November 2010[http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/magazines/magazines/?StartRow=41&PageNum=3 Scottish Poetry Library – list of publishers. Fras Publications] Retrieved 15 November 2010[http://www.spl.org.uk/best-poems_2005/perrie.htm Scottish Poetry Library – biography, Walter Perrie] Retrieved 15 November 2010. He was a [https://www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/fellows James Merrill Fellow in] Stonington, CT in 2017.
Works
Perrie's published works include:
- (as Patrick MacCrimmon) Deidre, 1971
- Ulysses, 1971
- (ed. with Hugh MacDiarmid) Metaphysics and Poetry, 1975
- Surge aquilo, 1975
- Poem on a Winter Night, 1976
- A Lamentation for the Children, 1977
- By Moon and Sun, 1980
- Out of Conflict, 1982
- Concerning the Dragon, 1984
- Roads that Move: A Journey Through Eastern Europe, 1991
- Thirteen Lucky Poems, 1991
- From Milady's Wood and Other Poems, (Scottish Contemporary Poets series: Scottish Cultural Press, 1977)
- The Light in Strathearn (poems), 2000
- Decagon: Selected Poems 1995-2005
- The Corbie an the Tod (Fras Publications: Twelve Fables of La Fontaine made owre intil Scots (Blair Atholl 2007))
- Lyrics and Tales in Twa Tongues (2008) (supported by a Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary)[http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/artsinscotland/scots/archive/poemfebruary2009.aspx Scottish Arts Council Archive – poem of the month, February 2009. Walter Perrie] Retrieved 15 November 2010
Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979)[http://www.gusbooks.com/?page=shop/browse&category_id=13 ‘Scots Language and Literature’ (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979): contributor, Walter Perrie] Retrieved 15 November 2010 and to The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edinburgh-Book-Twentieth-century-Scottish-Poetry/dp/toc/074862015X The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry (edited by Maurice Lindsay and Lesley Duncan) - Walter Perrie, contributor] Retrieved 15 November 2010{{cite book|author=Europa Publications|title=International Who's Who in Poetry 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhXmEYWHDHYC&pg=PA258|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-178-0|page=258}}[http://www.dunning.uk.net/news/1to36/mag22.html Dunning Parish Historical Society] Retrieved 15 November 2010
Awards
Winner in 1979 of the Society of Authors Eric Gregory Trust Award,[http://www.societyofauthors.org/eric-gregory-past-winners Society of Authors, London The Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards. Archive of winners] Retrieved 15 November 20101979 in poetry. The Eric Gregory Award – Walter Perrie, winner, 1979 Retrieved 15 November 2010 Walter Perrie has been awarded Scottish Arts Council Bursaries in 1976, 1983, 1994 and 1999; the Book Awards, 1976 and 1983; the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in 1987 and the Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship in 2000.
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External links
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