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20th-century Scottish poets

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Muriel Spark
Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)
Carol Ann Duffy
Scottish poet and playwright (born 1955)
William Auld
Scottish poet, author, translator (1924–2006)
Alasdair Gray
Scottish writer and artist (1934–2019)
Hugh MacDiarmid
Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892–1978)
Naomi Mitchison
Scottish novelist and poet (1897–1999)
Jackie Kay
Scottish poet and novelist
Edwin Morgan
Scottish poet and translator (1920-2010)
Sorley MacLean
Scottish poet (1911–1996)
Edwin Muir
British poet, novelist and translator (1887-1959)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)
William McIlvanney
British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015)
Lewis Spence
British academic (1874-1955)
George Mackay Brown
poet (1921–1996)
Iain Crichton Smith
Scottish poet and novelist (1928–1998)
John Burnside
Scottish writer and academic (1955–2024)
Norman MacCaig
poet (1910-1996)
Annie S. Swan
Scottish writer, novelist and journalist, editor
Angus Peter Campbell
Scottish poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster and actor.
Ivor Cutler
British poet and humorist (1923-2006)
Nan Shepherd
(1893 - 1981), Scottish novelist, poet, educator
Helen Cruickshank
British poet
Helen Adam
Scottish poet and photographer (1909-1993)
Margaret Tait
British filmmaker, writer, poet
Robert Garioch
British writer (1909-1981)
David Daiches
British writer and historian (1912–2005)
William Shand
Argentine writer (1902–1997)
William Soutar
Scottish poet (1898–1943)
Liz Lochhead
Scottish poet and essayist (born 1947)
Douglas Young
Scottish classical scholar and politician (1913-1973)
Allan MacDonald
Scottish Roman Catholic priest, poet, folklore collector, and activist
Angus Calder
British writer and academic
Christine De Luca
Scottish poet
George MacBeth
British writer (1932–1992)
Lilian Bowes Lyon
poet (1895-1949)
Tom Leonard
Scottish poet (1944–2018)
W. S. Graham
Scottish poet (1918–1986)
Pearse Hutchinson
Irish writer and broadcaster (1927–2012)
Maud Sulter
british artist, poet and short story writer (1960–2008)
Hamish Henderson
Scottish writer (1919–2002)
Alastair Reid
British poet (1926–2014)
William Henry Ogilvie
Scottish-Australian poet
Sydney Goodsir Smith
New Zealand writer (1915–1975)
Matthew Fitt
Scottish writer