Walter Kennedy
Alexander Pope remarks in one of his satires
that certain writers are, like flies embedded in amber, only preserved because they are mentioned by other more famous authors. Walter Kennedy was not one of Pope’s trivial flies, but it is true that any modern student of Scottish literature will only hear his name be- cause of the famous slanging match he conducted with William Dunbar, one of the best known poets of the Older Scottish Language. Kennedy came from one of the great baronial families of South West Ayrshire — the estate at Culyean derives from some of their hold- ings. Born in 1455, he attended university at Glasgow, earning the BA in 1476 and MA 1478. Though his family held a number of high church posts (an uncle was bishop of St Andrews), Walter appears to have worked in administrative roles. He was a respected poet, though few of his writings have survived. His family held Carrick in Ayrshire, suggesting that he was probably fluent in Gaelic as well as in English. His best remembered work is the “Flyting” [aka screaming match] with William Dunbar.
JK Rowling
Again, not a poet in modern usage, but a Makar. JK Rowling has lived a “rags to riches” life, going from welfare queen to the world’s best selling author in just 5 years. Her Harry Potter books have been translated into many languages, earning her a fortune just shy of $1 Billion — now placing her among the 25 richest women in the UK. Rowling’s grandfather was Scots, and she was living in Edinburgh when the first of the Potter novels came out.!
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