Walter Perrie

Walter Perrie (born 1949) is a Scottish poet, author, editor and critic. He has also published under the pseudonym Patrick MacCrimmon.

Education Born in the village of Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1949, Walter Perrie was educated at the Hamilton Academy, and studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He was a James Merrill Fellow in Stonington, CT in 2017.

Works Perrie's published works include: (as Patrick MacCrimmon) Deidre, 1971 Ulysses, 1971 (ed. with Hugh MacDiarmid) Metaphysics and Poetry, 1975 Surge aquilo, 1975 Poem on a Winter Night, 1976 A Lamentation for the Children, 1977 By Moon and Sun, 1980 Out of Conflict, 1982 Concerning the Dragon, 1984 Roads that Move: A Journey Through Eastern Europe, 1991 Thirteen Lucky Poems, 1991 From Milady's Wood and Other Poems, (Scottish Contemporary Poets series: Scottish Cultural Press, 1977) The Light in Strathearn (poems), 2000 Decagon: Selected Poems 1995-2005 The Corbie an the Tod (Fras Publications: Twelve Fables of La Fontaine made owre intil Scots (Blair Atholl 2007)) Lyrics and Tales in Twa Tongues (2008) (supported by a Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary)

Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979) and to The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.

Awards Winner in 1979 of the Society of Authors Eric Gregory Trust Award, Walter Perrie has been awarded Scottish Arts Council Bursaries in 1976, 1983, 1994 and 1999; the Book Awards, 1976 and 1983; the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in 1987 and the Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship in 2000.