National Poet for Scotland

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honorary title poetry position

The National Poet for Scotland is an honorary title given to a leading Scottish poet who serves as a national literary figure and cultural ambassador for Scotland’s poetry and arts.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honorary title ⓘ poetry position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
associatedWith	Scottish Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish arts organisations ⓘ Scottish literary institutions ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
domain	Scottish culture ⓘ Scottish national identity ⓘ
field	Scottish literature ⓘ arts ⓘ poetry ⓘ
hasDuty	engage with communities and audiences ⓘ participate in national cultural events ⓘ produce or present new poetic work ⓘ promote poetry in Scotland and internationally ⓘ support literary education and outreach ⓘ
hasRole	cultural ambassador ⓘ national literary figure ⓘ promoter of Scottish poetry ⓘ public representative of the literary arts ⓘ
hasType	national poet laureateship ⓘ
inception	21st century ⓘ
isSimilarTo	Makar NERFINISHED ⓘ Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
isTitleHeldBy	one person at a time ⓘ
isTitleNature	honorific ⓘ non-political ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
selectionCriteria	leading Scottish poet ⓘ significant contribution to Scottish poetry ⓘ

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