Scots Makar

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Scots Makar is the honorary national poet of Scotland, appointed to promote Scottish poetry and literature.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Edwin Morgan 0
Jackie Kay 0
Liz Lochhead 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorary position
national poet laureateship
poetic title
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
appointedBy Scottish Government NERFINISHED
associatedWith Scottish Government NERFINISHED
Scottish arts organizations NERFINISHED
category Scottish literature
Scottish poetry
country Scotland
endTime 2010
2016
2021
etymology from Scots word “makar” meaning “poet” or “maker”
fieldOfWork Scottish literature
poetry
genre poetry
hasDuty to encourage engagement with poetry among the public
to produce poems marking significant national occasions
to represent Scottish poetry at official events
hasHonorificStatus national cultural role
hasResidence Scotland NERFINISHED
hasScope national
hasSelectionProcess appointment by government or cultural bodies
hasTitleInLanguage Makar NERFINISHED
inception 2004
isSimilarTo Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Scots NERFINISHED
Scottish English NERFINISHED
partOf Scottish cultural heritage
positionEstablishedInPoliticalEntity devolved Scotland
positionHeld Scots Makar NERFINISHED
Scots Makar NERFINISHED
Scots Makar NERFINISHED
Scots Makar NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Edwin Morgan NERFINISHED
Jackie Kay NERFINISHED
Kathleen Jamie NERFINISHED
Liz Lochhead NERFINISHED
purpose to promote Scottish literature
to promote Scottish poetry
role national poet of Scotland
startTime 2004
2011
2016
2021
uses English language
Scots language NERFINISHED

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Liz Lochhead positionHeld Scots Makar