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:
Poetry, 1988, 1995
"Poetry 1", 1990s-2000s
"Poetry 2", 1990s-2000s
"Poetry 3", 1990s
Poetry and poetry review, 1990s
Newspaper extract from The Herald, 25 September 1993, featuring a review of the book Poetry Introduction 8 entitled "When would-be poets go public" by Alasdair Macrae; typescript poems ("The Dark Gift, "Singing Bird", and "Amor Volat Undique") sent by Gerry Cambridge to Roddy Lumsden to get his opinion; and three loose pages of manuscript poems presumably by Lumsden.
Poetry notebooks, c 1986
Notebooks containing poetry, prose texts, and notes by Roddy Lumsden. One notebook is dated "First Winter 1986" on the cover.
Scottish Ethnology notes, 1985
Black plastic ring binder containing Scottish ethnology notes by Roddy Lumsden. One text (photocopy) is manuscript and gives an account of Lumsden's fieldwork assignment to interview local people about "the long-gone fishing community at the Ladyhead". The next text is a typewritten essay (with a handwritten (photocopy) title page), entitled "oral Literature and Popular Tradition. Roddy Lumsden. "The Ladyhead". The Last Generations of a North-East Fife fishing community".
Society of Authors correspondence, 1991
Correspondence from the Society of Authors to Roddy Lumsden when he won the Eric Gregory award in 1991.
Texts in prose, undated
Unbound typescript of prose texts and a few poems: "One", "Midnight Mall", "The Unexplorer", "The Cover Song", "The House to Myself", "Orange-Picking", "Ruins", "Blue Overalls", "Nun", "The Bad Complexion", "To a Small Town Suicide" (poem), "Continent of Rain" (poem), "Checking", "Mince", "Child in the back" (poem), "Sleeve notes".
Tickets and ephemera, 1986-1996
Tickets and receipts for cultural (music, poetry) events attended by Roddy Lumsden in Edinburgh in the 1980s and 1990s, including during the Fringe, with a few leaflets.