Douglas Dunn
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Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE, (born October 23, 1942) is a Scottish poet, academic and critic. He was born in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. He was educated at the Scottish School of Librarianship and he worked as a librarian before he started his studies in Hull. After graduating with a First Class Honours degree from the University of Hull he worked in the Brynmor Jones Library under Philip Larkin. He was friendly with Larkin and admired his poetry, but did not share his political opinions. Since 1991 he has been Professor of English at St Andrews University, becoming Director of the University's Scottish Studies Centre in 1993. He was member of the Scottish Arts Council (1992-1994). He holds an honorary doctorate (law) from the university of Dundee and an honorary doctorate (literature) from the university of Hull. He became Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1981, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. Terry Street, Dunn's first collection, appeared in 1969 and received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award as well as a Somerset Maugham Award.
Further works include:
- Love or Nothing - 1974
- St. Kilda's Parliament - 1981
- Elegies - 1985
- Secret Villages (collection of short stories) - 1985
- Boyfriends and Girlfriends - 1995
- The Donkey´s Ear - 2000
- The Year´s afternoon - 2000
- New Selected Poems 1964-2000 - 2002
Douglas Dunn lives in Scotland today.