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Biography
Walter Perrie is a Scottish poet, author, editor and critic.
Education
Born in the village of Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1949, Walter Perrie was educated at the Hamilton Academy from which he entered the University of Edinburgh (subsequently gaining 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 Chapman (magazine) (Chapman Publishing, Edinburgh) and editor 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.)
Works
Perrie's published works include:
Metaphysics and Poetry (with Hugh MacDiarmid, Walter Perrie, editor), 1974
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)
Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979) and to The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.
Awards
Winner in 1979 of the Society of Authors Eric Gregory Trust Award, 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.