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Tom Leonard (poet)

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Tom Leonard
Born22 August 1944
Glesga, Scotland
Dee'd21 December 2018 (aged 74)
ThriftWriter
NaitionalityScotsh
Alma materUniversity o Glesga
GenreScots leeteratur, poetry
Notable warksSix Glasgow Poems, The Six O'Clock News
Wabsteid
www.tomleonard.co.uk

Tom Leonard (born 22 August 1944; deed 21 December 2018) wis a Scots poet, writer an creetic. He is best kent for his poems written in the Gleswegian dialect o Scots, pairteecularly his Six Glasgow Poems an The Six O'Clock News. His wark frequently deals wi the relationship atween leid, cless an cultur.