Roddy Lumsden | |
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| Born | Roderick Chalmers Lumsden 28 May 1966 |
| Died | 10 January 2020 London |
| Education | Madras College, St Andrews University of Edinburgh |
Roderick Chalmers "Roddy" Lumsden (28 May 1966 – 10 January 2020) was a Scottish poet, writing mentor and quizzer. He was born in St Andrews and educated at Madras College and the University of Edinburgh. He published seven collections of poetry, a number of pamphlets, and a collection of trivia. He also edited a generational anthology of British and Irish poets of the 1990s and 2000s, Identity Parade (Bloodaxe Books, 2010), and The Salt Book of Younger Poets (Salt Publishing, 2011). His collections The Book of Love (Bloodaxe Books, 2000) and So Glad I'm Me (Bloodaxe Books, 2017) were shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize.