Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Quotes Concrete poetry began for me with the extraordinary sense that the syntax I had been using , the movement of language within me, af a physical level was no longer there. So it had to be replaced with something else with a syntax and movement that would be true of this new feeling. Stephen Bann ed. 'Midway: Letters from Ian Hamilton' Willmington Square Books 2014 (Letter to Pierre Garnier) Poetry Quotes Evening/SailEVEN-INGWILLCOME Concrete poem Extract:Stephen Scobie 'Stephen Scobie:Introducing Ian Hamilton Finlay ' Scottish Library Quotes about Finlay An everyman who happened to accomplish the extraordinary. Finlay blended flowers, words, photography, sculpture, and typography into a potluck of avant-garde pieces of art. 'A Different Kind of Poet'Essay-Katsarel,Michigan State University www.msu.edu A devout Classicist in an age of Romanticism. Stephen Scobie , 'Stephen Scobie Introducing Ian Hamilton Finlay' Scottish Poetry Library External link Category:Poets from Scotland Category:2006 deaths Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire