Lumsden, Roderick (Roddy) Chalmers, 1966-2020 (Scottish poet)
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 52 Collections and/or Records:
"Elsewhere Perhaps Later", c 1995
Unbound typescript of "Elsewhere Perhaps Later".
Ephemera, notes, and cards, late 1980s - early 1990 [?]
Mix of ephemera, tickets, cards, postcards, letters, and notes (including from/to former girlfriends) kept by Roddy Lumsden around the late 1980s - early 1990s, sent from friends and his parents.
File entitled "Family Tree", c 1988
File containing short humorous biographical descriptions of members of the fictional "Rintoul" family, along with portraits and photographs of people and animals cut from newspapers.
File entitled "Nina", no date - late 1980s?
File containing postcards and letters from "Nina". Includes a poem "This is a poem for a girl called Nina".
File entitled "Sinead", 1995
File entitled "Sinead" containing one postcard from Malawi, one note, and one envelope with writing on it.
Folder entitled "Aberdeen", 1995
Documents relating to Roddy Lumsden's time in Aberdeen as Writer in Residence in 1995, including: letter from the City of Aberdeen confirming the offer to be "Writer in Residence"; good-bye card signed by Lumsden's friends, Lumsden's Aberdeen library card; and invoices.
Folder entitled "Arts Bodies", 1993-1995
Letters from Scottish arts bodies, namely The South Bank Centre and the Scottish Arts Council, dating from 1993 to 1995 and concerning performances and writings by Roddy Lumsden. Also includes an invoice and Scottish Arts Council pamphlet entitled "Literature".
Folder entitled "Blood Axe", 1996
Letter from Bloodaxe Books to Roddy Lumsden, dated 1996 and concerning his first collection Yeah Yeah Yeah, published in August 1997. Also includes an invoice in an envelope on which Lumsden has written a poem entitled "Funeral" in pen, and a leaflet detailing "Bloodaxe Books House Style".
Folder entitled "Ed[inburgh] Uni[versity]", 1987, 1994, 1995
Folder entitled "Faber", 1991-1994
Letters from Christopher Reid (poetry editor at Faber and Faber) to Roddy Lumsden dating from 1991 to 1994 and concerning the creation and publication of Poetry Introduction 8 in 1993. Also includes invoices.