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Ian Hamilton Finlay

Born

in Nassau, Bahamas

October 28, 1925

Died

March 27, 2006

Genre

Concrete Poetry, Short Stories, Gardening

Influences

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Hugh MacDiarmid, George L. Thomson ...more

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Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. He was educated at Dollar Academy and joined the British Army in 1942.

At the end of the war, Finlay worked as a shepherd, before beginning to write short stories and poems, while living on Rousay, in Orkney. He published his first book, The Sea Bed and Other Stories in 1958 with some of his plays broadcast on the BBC, and some stories featured in The Glasgow Herald.

His first collection of poetry, The Dancers Inherit the Party was published in 1960 by Migrant Press with a second edition published in 1962. In 1963, Finlay published Rapel, his first collection of concrete poetry (poetry in which the layout and typography of the words contributes to its overall effect), and i ...more

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	Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Alec Finlay (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 12 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 Dancers Inherit the Party: Early Stories. Plays and Poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1997 — 6 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
	Poems to Hear and See 4.40 avg rating — 10 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
	The Dancers Inherit the Party 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1960 — 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
	Honey by the Water 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1972 — 4 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
	A Model of Order: Selected Letters on Poetry and Making by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Thomas A. Clark (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009	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 Money really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	A Sailor's Calendar: A Miscellany by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gordon Huntly 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1971 — 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
	So You Want to be a Panzer Leader 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1975	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
	Stonypath Days: Letters between Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Bann 1970-72 by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Stephen Bann (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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

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Quotes by Ian Hamilton Finlay (?)

“News from Strathclyde Region: The Region is among the official 'advisers' to the Glasgow Garden Festival. Among those not advising are Capability Brown, Humphrey Repton and Alexander Pope.”
― Ian Hamilton Finlay, Justified Sinners: An Archaeology of Scottish Counter Culture, 1960 - 2000

tags: alexander-pope, capability-brown, glasgow-garden-festival, humphrey-repton, strathclyde-region

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