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Marion Angus

Born

in Sunderland, England

March 27, 1865

Died

August 18, 1946

Genre

Poetry In Scots

Influences

William Watson, Walter Scott, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josep ...more

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Marion Emily Angus was a Scottish writer who wrote poetry in Scots. Her prose writings were mainly in English. She is seen as a forerunner of a Scottish Renaissance in inter-war poetry, as her verse marked a departure from the tradition of Robert Burns in a direction similar to that of Hugh MacDiarmid, Violet Jacob and others.

The daughter of a United Presbyterian Kirk minister, Angus grew up in Arbroath, and later lived in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Helensburgh, dying in Arbroath.

The first important published work by Marion Angus was a biography of her grandfather: Sheriff Watson of Aberdeen: the Story of his Life and his Work for the Young (1913). She did not begin to write poetry until after 1918. Her first volume, written in Scots, was The ...more

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Marion Angus’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 44 ratings · 7 reviews · 28 distinct works

	The Singin Lass: Selected Works of Marion Angus by Marion Angus, Aimée Chalmers (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 2 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
	Voices from Their Ain Countrie: The Poems of Marion Angus and Violet Jacob by Marion Angus, Violet Jacob, Katherine Gordon (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Turn of the Day really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1931 — 2 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
	The Tinker's Road and Other Verses it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1924	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 Lilt and Other Verses liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1922	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
	Sun & Candlelight 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1927 — 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
	Sheriff Watson of Aberdeen: the Story of his Life and his Work for the Young by Marion Angus, G.M. Fraser (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1913	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 Diary of Arthur Ogilvie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1898	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
	Christabel's Diary 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1899	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