Lumsden, Roderick (Roddy) Chalmers, 1966-2020 (Scottish poet)
Person
Biography
Roddy Lumsden was born in St Andrew in 1966. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and the School of Scottish Studies, while Hamish Henderson was still teaching there. He was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 1991 and an Arts Council writer's bursary in 1994. His work has appeared in Faber and Faber Poetry Introduction 8, Dream State - the New Scottish poets, the Gregory Anthology 91-93 and elsewhere. In 1995, he became Writer in Residence for the City of Aberdeen.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence and photographs, 1992-1995
File — Box Coll-2126: Box 3
Identifier: Coll-2126/28
Scope and Contents
Photo of Roddy Lumsden in a pub with a man and a woman; photo of an elderly couple cutting a cake in a garden, with Roddy Lumsden as one of the guest in the background; printed photo of a man underwater in scuba gear, with a note on the back "I said I was going down under on holiday!". Correspondence sent to Roddy Lumsden from friends. "Shug Crosby", 1992, Madrid. "Sinead", undated. Not signed [possibly from Sinead W.], 19[95?], sent to Lumsden's Aberdeen address (contains human hair). There...
Dates:
1992-1995
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