Michael Schmidt (poet)
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Michael Schmidt, FRLS, OBE is a poet, scholar, linguist, and editor of Poetry Nation Review. He was born in Mexico on March 2, 1947. His poetry is widely read, and has been included in the popular high school poetry anthology, Touched with Fire. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
He is presently a Professor of Poetry and Convener of the Creative Writing course at the University of Glasgow, and is a founder and director Carcanet press.
[edit] Selected Bibliography
- Black Buildings (1969)
- Selected Poems, 1972-1997 (1997)
- Lives of the Poets (1998)
- The Story of Poetry: From Caedmon to Caxton (2001)
- The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets (2004)
[edit] External links
- Profile on Contemporary Writers
- "What, How Well, Why?" -- Schmidt's Lecture from StAnza, Scotland's annual poetry festival
