David MacLeod Black
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David Macleod Black (born 1941) is a South African-born Scottish poet. He is included in British Poetry since 1945, Emergency Kit (Faber), Wild Reckoning (Calouste Gulbenkian) and other anthologies.
[edit] Life
As a child, David Black lived in South Africa (his country of birth), Malawi and Tanzania before his family moved to Scotland in 1950. In time, he would go on to study philosophy at Edinburgh University, going on to post graduate studies in Eastern religions and subsequently training as a psychoanalyst.
[edit] Career
As a poet, he was most prolific in the 60s and 70s, releasing With Decorum (1967), "The Educators" (1969), The Happy Crow (1974) and Gravitations (1979). Amongst other collections, Black's work also appeared in Penguin Modern Poets 11 and British Poetry since 1945.
Barring the release of Collected Poems 1964-87 by Polygon in 1991, his own poetic work decreased sharply after this period, preferring instead to concentrate on translation, the poetry of Goethe in particular.
David MacLeod Black. Tony Attwood (2006-01-12). Retrieved on 2006-08-14.
D.M. Black at the Scottish Poetry Library. Scottish Poetry Library (2006-08-11). Retrieved on 2006-08-14.
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