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Sydney Goodsir Smith (26 October 1915 – 15 January 1975) was a New Zealand-born Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. He wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans (Lowlands dialect), and was a major figure of the Scottish Renaissance. LifeHe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Prof Sydney Smith and his wife, Catherine Goodsir Gelenick.[1] He moved to Edinburgh with his family in 1928.[2] He was educated at Malvern College. He went to Edinburgh University to study medicine, but abandoned that, and started to read history at Oriel College, Oxford; whence he was expelled, but managed to complete a degree. He also claimed to have studied art in Italy, wine in France and mountains in Bavaria.[3] His first poetry collection of many, Skail Wind, was published in 1941. Carotid Cornucopius (1947) was a comic novel about Edinburgh. His A Short Introduction to Scottish Literature, based on four broadcast talks, was published in 1951.[4] His play The Wallace formed part of the 1960 Edinburgh Festival. Smith was also associated with the editorial board for the Lines Review magazine.[5][6] Under the Eildon tree (1948), a long poem in 24 parts, is considered by many his finest work;[2] The Grace of God and the Meth-Drinker is a much-anthologised poem. Kynd Kittock's land (1964) was a commission of a poem to be televised by the BBC. He died in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh[5] after a heart attack outside a newsagents on Dundas Street in Edinburgh and was buried in Dean Cemetery in the northern 20th century section, towards the north-west. His wife, Hazel Williamson, lies with him. MemorialsHe is commemorated by a "pavement poem" in the "Makars' Court" a section of James Court off the Lawnmarket on the Royal Mile. Works
A Publisher of the Nineties (Leonard Smithers) in The Holiday Book. 1946 (Ed. by John Singer). References1. ^http://www.nzedge.com/legends/sydney-smith/ 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc/collections/special-collections/scottish-literature/sgsmith/about|title=About Sydney Goodsir Smith|publisher=University of Edinburgh|accessdate=22 November 2014}} 3. ^Smith, Sydney Goodsir (1947), Selected Poems, Saltire Modern Poets series, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, back cover 4. ^Smith, Sydney Goodsir (1951), A Short Introduction to Scottish Literature, Serif Books, Edinburgh 5. ^1 {{Cite ODNB|id=58855|title=Smith, Sydney Goodsir}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18653903.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329052005/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18653903.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=29 March 2015|title=Lines reaches the end|last=Royle|first=Trevor|date=29 April 1998|work=The Scotsman {{Subscription required|via=HighBeam Research}}|accessdate=22 November 2014}} External links
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