Walter Perrie

Walter Perrie (born 1949) is a Scottish poet, author, editor and critic. He has also published under the pseudonym Patrick MacCrimmon.

Education
Born in the village of Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1949, Walter Perrie was educated at the Hamilton Academy, and studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. (He subsequently gained a further degree from the University of Stirling.)

Career
Since the 1970s, Walter Perrie has been a poet, editor, travel writer and contributor to numerous magazines and periodicals. Perrie was a founding co-editor in 1969 of the literary magazine Chapman (Chapman Publishing, Edinburgh), editing the magazine until 1975. Managing Editor, 1985–90, of Margin:International Arts Quarterly, Perrie has also been editor of Lines Review and, with John Herdman, Fras magazine. Scottish-Canadian Exchange Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1984–85, Perrie is also a former Writer in Residence, University of Stirling (1991.)

Works
Perrie's published works include:
 * (as Patrick MacCrimmon) Deidre, 1971
 * Ulysses, 1971
 * (ed. with Hugh MacDiarmid) Metaphysics and Poetry, 1975
 * Surge aquilo, 1975
 * Poem on a Winter Night, 1976
 * A Lamentation for the Children, 1977
 * By Moon and Sun, 1980
 * Out of Conflict, 1982
 * Concerning the Dragon, 1984
 * Roads that Move: A Journey Through Eastern Europe, 1991
 * Thirteen Lucky Poems, 1991
 * From Milady's Wood and Other Poems, (Scottish Contemporary Poets series: Scottish Cultural Press, 1977)
 * The Light in Strathearn (poems), 2000
 * Decagon: Selected Poems 1995-2005
 * The Corbie an the Tod (Fras Publications: Twelve Fables of La Fontaine made owre intil Scots (Blair Atholl 2007))
 * Lyrics and Tales in Twa Tongues (2008) (supported by a Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary)

Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979) and to The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.

Awards
Winner in 1979 of the Society of Authors Eric Gregory Trust Award, Walter Perrie has been awarded Scottish Arts Council Bursaries in 1976, 1983, 1994 and 1999; the Book Awards, 1976 and 1983; the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in 1987 and the Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship in 2000.