
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Hugh MacDiarmid. Poet. Born in Langholm. 1892-1978.
Hugh MacDiarmid was a prominent Scottish poet and literary critic, central to the Scottish Renaissance movement of the early 20th century; he is remembered for his efforts to revive the Scots language in literature.
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