Walter Perrie

Born in the village of Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1949, Walter Perrie was educated at the Hamilton Academy, and studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. (He subsequently gained a further degree from the University of Stirling.)

Since the 1970s, Walter Perrie has been a poet, editor, travel writer and contributor to numerous magazines and periodicals. Perrie was a founding co-editor in 1969 of the literary magazine Chapman (Chapman Publishing, Edinburgh), editing the magazine until 1975. Managing Editor, 1985–90, of Margin:International Arts Quarterly, Perrie has also been editor of Lines Review and, with John Herdman, Fras magazine. Scottish-Canadian Exchange Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1984–85, Perrie is also a former Writer in Residence, University of Stirling (1991.). He was a James Merrill Fellow in Stonington, CT in 2017.

Perrie's published works include: • (as Patrick MacCrimmon) Deidre, 1971 • Ulysses, 1971 • (ed. with Hugh MacDiarmid) Metaphysics and Poetry, 1975 • Surge aquilo, 1975 • Poem on a Winter Night, 1976 • A Lamentation for the Children, 1977 • By Moon and Sun, 1980 • Out of Conflict, 1982 • Concerning the Dragon, 1984 • Roads that Move: A Journey Through Eastern Europe, 1991 • Thirteen Lucky Poems, 1991 • From Milady's Wood and Other Poems, (Scottish Contemporary Poets series: Scottish Cultural Press, 1977) • The Light in Strathearn (poems), 2000 • Decagon: Selected Poems 1995-2005 • The Corbie an the Tod (Fras Publications: Twelve Fables of La Fontaine made owre intil Scots (Blair Atholl 2007)) • Lyrics and Tales in Twa Tongues (2008) (supported by a Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary) • Gathering Flame and Stone (Rymour, 2026) Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979) and to The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.