Edwin Muir
Edwin Muir (born May 15, 1887 in Deerness, Orkney , † January 3, 1959 in Swaffham Prior ) was a Scottish writer, poet and translator.
In 1901, Muir's father lost his farm in the Orkney Islands, so the family moved to Glasgow . In 1919 he married Willa Anderson and the two moved to London . Together they later translated works by Franz Kafka , Lion Feuchtwanger and Hermann Broch into English.
Works
- 1918 We Moderns: Enigmas and Guesses
- 1925 First Poems
- 1931 The Three Brothers
- 1935 Scottish Journey
- 1936 Scott and Scotland: The Predicament of the Scottish Writer
- 1940 The Story and the Fable: An Autobiography
- 1943 The Narrow Place
- 1946 The Scots and their Country
- 1954 To Autobiography
- 1956 One Foot in Eden
Web links
- Literature by and about Edwin Muir in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article Edwin Muir Poetry Foundation
- Article Edwin Muir Writing Scotland
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SURNAME | Muir, Edwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish writer, poet and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Deerness, Orkney |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd January 1959 |
Place of death | Swaffham Prior |