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Congratulations to Jackie Kay, Scotland’s new Makar!

16. March 2016Sandra van LenteAllgemein

We congratulate Jackie Kay, who was just named Scotland’s new Makar, i.e. national poet.
And apparently we’re not the only ones to think this was a great choice:

jackie kay makar

For more information, see e.g. the Guardian’s piece about the appointment: link

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