Douglas Dunn, born 1942. Poet
About this artwork
Poet and author Douglas Dunn was born in Renfrewshire. He trained as a librarian and worked in England and the US, but returned to Britain in 1966 during the Vietnam draft. In 1971 he became a freelance writer and has since written plays, short stories and poetry, for which he has won many awards. The early death of his wife in 1981 brought about his collection of poems, ‘Elegies’, which was Whitbread Book of the Year in 1985. In 1984 Dunn moved back to Scotland, where he held several writer-in-residence posts. In 1991 he was made professor of English and later Director of the Scottish Studies Institute at the University of St Andrews. He received an OBE in 2003. This bust was created from life as part of a series of twelve sculptures of poets for Edinburgh Park.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Michael Snowden (born 1930) British
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title:Douglas Dunn, born 1942. Poet
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date created:About 2004
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materials:Bronze
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measurements:33.00 cm (height)
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credit line:Gifted by New Edinburgh Ltd, 2004
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accession number:PG 3389
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Michael Snowden
Michael Snowden
Michael Snowden is a sculptor of figures and portraits in bronze. He trained as an art teacher before studying sculpture under Karel Vogel at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in London. From 1964 until 1995 he was a lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art. He is a professional member of the...