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MacDiarmid grew up in the Scottish town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway. The town is home to a monument in his honour made of cast iron which takes the form of a large open book depicting images from his writings.
MacDiarmid lived in Montrose for a time where he worked for the local newspaper the Montrose Review.
MacDiarmid also lived on the isle of Whalsay in Shetland, in Sodom (Sudheim)
Hugh MacDiarmid is commemorated in Makars' Court, outside The Writers' Museum, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.
Selections for Makars' Court are made by The Writers' Museum, The Saltire Society and The Scottish Poetry Library.
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