Born in Surrey in 1942, historian, journalist, editor and critic, Angus Calder held academic posts in Britain and as far afield as New Zealand and Zimbabwe, returning to Edinburgh in latter years, where he died in 2008, of lung cancer.
A prolific author of works on socio-political themes, he was also a notable biographer and critic of the great poets, writing books on Scott, Byron and Eliot long before he began publishing his own poetry.
After his death, a commemorative collection comprising of poems, tributes and critiques that had been planned while Calder was still alive was published by the poet Richard Beringarten and Calder’s son, Gideon.
Read the poems
Further Information
A detailed review of For Angus along with a general introduction was published in the Autumn 2009 edition of Scottish Affairs and can be found here.