Edwin Morgan! 100! Very recently I learned that celebrating a birthday is not about having a big party. Admittedly, this is a very enjoyable way of celebrating, but we are on Corona Lockdown, so that is not an option. However, celebrating someone’s birthday is much more about letting them know how much you love and appreciate them, and whichever way …
Elefäntchen
Dear Friends of Edwin Morgan’s Work … … most of you may know or at least have guessed that Eddie had an extremely good ear for languages and a keen interest to widen his knowledge of them. It was actually in the course of taking photos for edwinmorgan.com together with Eddie, Hamish and Jane that Eddie invited all of us …
This Huge Folder
There is this huge folder on one of my shelves in which I am keeping all of Eddie’s letters. While the Special Collection of the University of Glasgow holds a folder with my original letters and photocopies of Eddie’s letters (he had his own photocopy machine, and would make a copy of the letters he had typed out with his …
Dear Friends of Edwin Morgan’s Work…
It’s been a while since Hartmut and I last updated edwinmorgan.com, and here is why: When Eddie died in August 2010 at the age of 90, we were paralyzed with sadness. Up until then, the website had been something Hartmut and I had been doing for – but also together with Eddie – ever since his 80th birthday.I would call …