Poet Edwin Morgan

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Edwin Morgan

Living place: Scotland

Birthday: 27-4-1920 (104 years old)

Global rank: #77430

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Who is Poet Edwin Morgan?
Important poet and translator of the Scottish Renaissance. His most famous poetic works include the flute In George Square, The Death of Marilyn Monroe, and The Billy Boys.
He was named Scotland's first national poet (The Scots Makar) in 2004.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was born in Glasgow to Presbyterian parents. As a child, he was a member of many book clubs.

Family life info

He had a homosexual orientation, but his wonderful love poems (for example, "The Underground") were addressed to a lover who had sex and spoke to the universality of love.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Edwin Morgan?
He visited poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney in 2005.

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When was Poet Edwin Morgan born?
Edwin Morgan birthday 27-4-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is Poet Edwin Morgan's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edwin Morgan was born in . is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Edwin Morgan's global rank is 77430 and whose rank is 721 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1920 and 27-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Edwin Morgan

  • U.S. Dept. of Justice "red hunt" nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
  • Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Treaty of Sèvres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
  • Mexican president Venustiano Carranza is assassinated.

Birthday Edwin Morgan (27-4) in history

  • Day 27-4 year 1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan died more than a month after landing in the Philippines, and the natives killed him during a war.
  • Day 27-4 year 1805: The U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.
  • Day 27-4 year 1865: The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana ; more than 1,400 people were killed.
  • Day 27-4 year 1956: Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.
  • Day 27-4 year 1961: Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain.
  • Day 27-4 year 1983: Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record—one that had held since 1927.
  • Day 27-4 year 1987: Austrian president Kurt Waldheim was barred from entering the United States. He was accused of aiding in the execution of thousands of Jews in World War II.
  • Day 27-4 year 1993: Eritrea declared itself independent.
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