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Tom Leonard (poet)

Scottish poet, writer and critic

For other people with the same name, see Tom Leonard.

Tom Leonard

Born(1944-08-22)22 August 1944
Glasgow, Scotland
Died21 December 2018(2018-12-21) (aged 74)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
GenreScottish literature, poetry
Notable works
  • Six Glasgow Poems
  • The Six O'Clock News
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Thomas Anthony Leonard (22 August 1944 – 21 December 2018) was a Scottish poet, writer and critic.

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He was best known for his poems written in Glaswegian dialect, particularly his Six Glasgow Poems and The Six O'Clock News. His work frequently dealt with the relationship between language, class and culture.

Biography

Leonard was born in Glasgow in 1944. His father was a train-driver who had moved to Scotland from Dublin in 1916.

His mother, also of Irish descent, came from Saltcoats and had previously worked at the Nobel dynamite fact