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
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Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.