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Helen B. Cruickshank

Born

in Hillside, Montrose, Angus, Scotland

May 15, 1886

Died

March 02, 1975

Genre

Poetry In Scots

Influences

Violet Jacob, Marion Angus, Hugh MacDiarmid ...more

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Helen Burness Cruickshank was a Scottish poet and suffragette, and an important focal point of the Scottish Renaissance. At her home in Corstorphine, various Scottish writers of note would meet.

Born in Hillside, near Montrose, Angus, she went to school in Montrose. Summer holidays were spent in Glenesk and the landscapes and people of Angus and its glens appear in her poetry. After leaving school, Cruickshank entered the Civil Service, working first in London for the Post Office from 1903 to 1912, and then, from 1912, in Edinburgh, where she spent most of her adult life. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union and actively campaigned for the Suffragette cause. She was also a committed Scottish nationalist, an active member of the ...more

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Helen B. Cruickshank’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 15 ratings · 2 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Modern Scottish Women Poets by Dorothy McMillan, Marion Angus (Contributor), Helen B. Cruickshank (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Anthology of Scottish Women Poets by Catherine Kerrigan (Editor), Marion Angus (Contributor), Helen B. Cruickshank (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of Scottish Poetry by Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Thomson 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Octobiography it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up the Noran Water it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1934	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems of Marion Angus by Marion Angus, Maurice Lindsay (Editor), Helen B. Cruickshank (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1950	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ponnage Pool liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Collected Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1971	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea Buckthorn 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1954	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Helen B. Cruickshank (?)

“Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
Minding through the strife,
Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
Lichts the grey o’ life.”
― Helen B. Cruickshank, Sea Buckthorn

tags: scots, storm

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