New Writing Scotland 1983

New Writing Scotland #1

by Alexander Scott (Editor), James Aitchison (Editor), Colin Mackay (Contributor)

The editors selected 23 poems, 11 stories and a play for the first issue of this annual publication.

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Alexander Scott (1920 - 1989) was a Scottish poet, playwright and scholar. He wrote poetry in both Scots and Scottish English as well as plays, literary reviews and critical studies of literature. He was latterly a tutor and reader of Scottish literature at the University of Glasgow, where he was instrumental in establishing Scotland's first Department of Scottish Literature in the academic year 1971-72.

In 1972, Scott was one of the founders of the Lallans Society (later the Scots Language Society). He was a member of its Committee from the outset and served as Preses from 1974 to 1977 and from 1979 to 1983. In 1985 he succeded Robert McLellan as Honorary Preses.

In 1983, Scott became a founding editor of the periodical New Writing Scotland.