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The Keelie Hawk

Poems in Scots
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The Keelie Hawk is a landmark poetry collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results. The Keelie Hawk is a deeply resonant... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A sensational collection of bilingual poems from the National Poet of Scotland.

A sensational collection of bilingual poems from the National Poet of Scotland.

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The Keelie Hawk is a landmark poetry collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results. The Keelie Hawk is a deeply resonant collection written in Scots, with each poem accompanied by a translation into English.

Its publication is a significant event in Scottish literature, not only a reclaiming by one of our finest poets of the mouth-music of literary Scots, but a furthering of that language: 'by making poems, a language develops', Jamie observes in a fascinating afterword.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529095593

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 178g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Kathleen Jamie was born in the west of Scotland in 1962. Her poetry collection The Tree House (Picador, 2004) won both the Forward Prize and the Scottish Book of the Year Award. Mr and Mrs Scotland are Dead was shortlisted for the 2003 International Griffin Prize. Her most recent collection, The Overhaul, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2012 and won the Costa Poetry Award 2012. Kathleen Jamie's non-fiction books include the highly regarded Findings and Sightlines. She is Chair of Creative Writing at Stirling University, and lives with her family in Fife.

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