# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-morgan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:00:58.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-morgan"
name: "Edwin Morgan"
slug: "edwin-morgan"
description: "Edwin George Morgan was a Scottish poet and translator associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Makar or National Poet for Scotland."
tagline: "Scottish poet and translator (1920-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin_Morgan_by_Alex_Boyd.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-04-27"
deathDate: "2010-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump