Makar
A makar in Scots leeteratur is a poet or bard, aften pairt o the ryal coort. The wird makar refers tae the craft o writin poetry (keek at scop forby). The wird can forby be uised fur ither forms o creaution.[1]
For ordinar the Scots Makars refers til a Scots leid leeterar genre o the late Middle Ages.
William Dunbar, a foregane Makar, wrate the Lament for the Makaris.
The maist weel kent o the makars wis John Barbour, Blind Harry (cried Henry the Minstrel an aw), Robert Henryson (or Henrysoun), William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas an David Lindsay but there wis mony mair o them that shoud be mynt an aw, sic as Alexander Scott.
The Scots Makar
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In modren Scotland, The Scots Makar (cutty mak: The Makar) is the Scots' naitional poet, appyntit by the Scots Pairlament,[2] an the equeevalent o the English Poet Laureate.
- Edwin Morgan (2004 - 2010)[3]
- Liz Lochhead (2011 - 2016)[3]
- Jackie Kay (2016 - 2021)[3]
- Kathleen Jamie (2021-2024)[4]
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