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Artists stump up for statue to unknown poet
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A FORGOTTEN poet who inspired Robert Burns to write in Scots is to
have a statue unveiled in his honour in Edinburgh.
Some of Scotland's best-known arts figures have donated privately
to a fund to have a life-size bronze sculpture of Robert Fergusson
erected in the city's historic Royal Mile.
Following revelations in the Sunday Herald last year that a three-
year fundraising bid to have the poet recognised in his home city had
stalled because no one knew who he was, a flood of donations poured
in. Those believed to have dug deep into their pockets for the cause
include artistic heavyweights ...
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Event will honour poet
; ...event featuring a host of contemporary Scottish poets is due to be held at the University...Andrews early next month. The St Andrews Scottish Studies Institute (SASSI) has commissioned...anniversary of the Edinburgh- born poet, Robert Fergusson's birth. A University of St Andrews ...
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Three artists in running to make city poet's statue
; ...establish a permanent memorial to Robert Fergusson, who is buried in the city's Canongate...committee set up by the Friends of Robert Fergusson. Professor Bill Scott of Roslin, Jill...Purdie, president of the Friends of Robert Fergusson, said: "We have a three-year timescale...
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City cash boosts bid to build poet's statue
; ...to give the cash to kick-start the appeal to commemorate Robert Fergusson, whose fans are currently celebrating the 250th anniversary...he is buried in the Kirkyard and which is also near the Scottish Poetry Library. The Friends of Fergusson organisation has asked...
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Forgotten: the poet who most inspired Burns
; ...have a life-size bronze statue of Robert Fergusson placed on the Royal Mile in his native...sculptor chosen, yet the Friends of Robert Fergusson are no closer to their target. Unlike...important for people to know that Robert Fergusson was a marvellous poet and that his...
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Bid to spread the word on Scots poet
; ...have launched a bid to have CDs of Robert Fergusson's greatest works handed out to schools...libraries in the city. The Friends of Robert Fergusson group wants children to help keep...been approached by the Friends of Robert Fergusson who asked if we would help them promote...
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A dream built on determination
; ...purpose-built new premises of the Scottish Poetry Library hard by the new Scottish Parliament...which went into the creation of the Scottish Poetry Library, precisely because it now...the oaken shelves, may take the term Scottish Poetry Library to mean something fully embedded...
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Plea for poet's statue
; ...create a memorial to Edinburgh writer Robert Fergusson has been launched to mark the 250th...birth. Supporters of The Friends of Robert Fergusson foundation will meet on Tuesday at...will be presenting the Friends of Robert Fergusson with a cheque for GBP 2000." Mr Purdie...
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Supper and speeches in honour of bard's hero
; ...erecting a statue of poet Robert Fergusson in the Capital. The evening...be told that the remains of Robert Fergusson, a man whose talents, for...David Purdie at The Friends of Robert Fergusson Trust on 0131-440 1051.
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Remembering the first poet of the streets
; ...Robert Burns writing in honour of Robert Fergusson, 1792. Double-decker tourist buses...But it's unlikely that the name of Robert Fergusson means much to any of them - if, indeed...Burns, the final resting place of Robert Fergusson would have been long forgotten by...
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Scots poet claims major arts award
; THE renaissance in Scottish poetry received a boost yesterday with the...leading figure in the renaissance of Scottish poetry alongside John Burnside, Jackie Kay, and Don Paterson. "Scottish poetry is in good fettle," she said yesterday...
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