Edwin Morgan

Edwin George Morgan OBE (27 Aprile 1920 – 17 August 2010) wis a Scots makar an translator that wis associate wi the Scots Renaissance. He is widely kent as ane o the foremaist Scots poets o the 20t century. In 1999, Morgan wis makkit the first Glesca Poet Laureate. In 2004, he wis named as the first Scots naitional poet: the Scots Makar.

Edwin Morgan
The Scots Makar (en) 2004 - 2010
Personal details
Birth	Glesga Apryle 27, 1920
Died	Glesga August 17, 2010
Manner o daith	natural causes (en)  (pneumonia)
Eddication
Eddication	Glesga University Stonelaw High School (en)
Leids spoken	Inglis
Thrift
Thrift	linguist (en) , poet, translator (en) , screiver, literary critic (en) , university teacher (en) , science fiction writer (en) an visual poet (en)
Employer	Glesga University
Awaird	list Officer o the Order o the Breetish Empire (, , ) Cholmondeley Award (en) (, , ) Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (en) (, , ) Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (en) (, , ) Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (en) (, , )
Member o	Royal Society of Edinburgh (en) Royal Society of Literature (en)
Movement	Scots Renaissance
Genre	Poetry
Militar service
Militar branch	Breetish Airmy
Conflict	Warld War II