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 Tongues
Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature 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.