Kathleen Jamie | |
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 Kathleen Jamie | |
| Makar | |
| Assumed office 18 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jackie Kay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1962 Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Poet,essayist |
| Awards | Forward Poetry Prize Scottish Book of the Year Eric Gregory Award |
Kathleen Jamie FRSL FRSE (born 13 May 1962) is a Scottish poet and essayist. [1] [2] In 2021 she became Scotland's fourth Makar. [3]
Kathleen Jamie is a poet and essayist. Raised in Currie,near Edinburgh,she studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh,publishing her first poems as an undergraduate. Her writing is rooted in Scottish landscape and culture,and ranges through travel,women's issues,archaeology and visual art. She writes in English and occasionally in Scots. [1] [4]
Jamie's collections include The Queen of Sheba (1995). Her 2004 collection The Tree House revealed an increasing interest in the natural world. This book won the Forward Poetry Prize and the Scottish Book of the Year Award. The Overhaul was published in September 2012. [1] It won the 2012 Costa poetry award. [5] For the last decade[ when? ] Jamie has also written non-fiction. Her collections of essays Findings and Sightlines are considered influential works of nature and landscape writing. On publication in the United States,the latter won the John Burroughs Medal and the Orion Book Award. [1] Jamie writes occasional essays and reviews for the London Review of Books and The Guardian .
A poem by Jamie is inscribed on the national monument at Bannockburn.[ citation needed ]
In 2014,Jamie set herself the task of writing one poem per week. The resulting poems were collected in The Bonniest Companie,released in 2015,winning 2016 Saltire Society book of the year award. [6] [7]
In 2009 Jamie was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, [8] and in 2018 elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [2]
In August 2021 Jamie was appointed as the fourth holder of the title of Scots Makar. [9]
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