Walter Perrie
Walter Perrie is a Scottish poet, author, editor and critic. He has also published under the pseudonym Patrick MacCrimmon.
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.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, 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. He was a Stonington, CT in 2017.Works
Perrie's published works include:Deidre, 1971Ulysses, 1971Metaphysics and Poetry, 1975Surge aquilo, 1975Poem on a Winter Night, 1976A Lamentation for the Children, 1977By Moon and Sun, 1980Out of Conflict, 1982Concerning the Dragon, 1984Roads that Move: A Journey Through Eastern Europe, 1991Thirteen Lucky Poems, 1991From Milady's Wood and Other Poems, The Light in Strathearn, 2000Decagon: Selected Poems 1995-2005The Corbie an the Tod Lyrics and Tales in Twa TonguesContributions include to Scots Language and Literature and to ''The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.''