Christopher Murray Grieve

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Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892, Langholm – 9 September 1978, Edinburgh), known by his pen-name ‘Hugh MacDiarmid,’ was a Scottish poet, essayist, and publisher. Erskine and Grieve were both involved in Scottish nationalist politics and published each other’s works in their magazines. The Scottish Chapbook, founded and edited by Grieve, published two of Erskine’s experimental Gaelic plays.

Grieve became one of the main contributors to Erskine’s The Pictish Review, supplying essays and poetry which were published under the names ‘C. M. Grieve,’ ‘Hugh MacDiarmid,’ and ‘Gillechrìosd Moraidh Mac-a’Ghreidhir.’

Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals

The Pictish Review

Issue 1, Volume I (November 1927)

  • C. M. Grieve: ‘Towards a “Scottish Idea”’ [essay, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘Sky-Lark and Aeroplane’ [poetry, ENG]
  • C. M. Grieve: ‘1) “Bede the Pict”, 2) St Columba’ [essays, ENG]

Issue 2, Volume II (December 1927)

  • C. M. Grieve: ‘Scottish Gaelic Policy’ [essay, ENG]

Issue 3, Volume I (January 1928)

  • Gillechriosd Moraidh Mac-a’Ghreidhir: ‘The Scottish Recoil’ [essay, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘A Soaring Bird’ [poetry, ENG]

Issue 4, Volume I (February 1928)

  • Gillechriosd Moraidh Mac-a’Ghreidhir: ‘Anti-Intellectualism in Scotland Today’ [essay, ENG]

Issue 5, Volume I (March 1928)

  • C. M. Grieve: ‘Scottish Nationalism and the Burns Cult’ [essay, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘The Question of Leadership’ [poetry, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘The National Idea and the Company It Keeps’ [article, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘Scotland’s Noblest?’ [poetry, ENG]

Issue 6, Volume I (April 1928)

  • Gillechriosd Mac-a’Ghreidhir: ‘The Scottish National Association of April Fools’ [essay, ENG]

Issue 7, Volume I (May 1928)

  • C. M. Grieve: ‘Backward Forward’ [essay, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘A Scotsman’s Heaven’ [poetry, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘Dedication: To Christine’ [poetry, SC]

Issue 8, Volume I (June 1928)

  • C. M. Grieve: ‘The Conventional Scot and the Creative Spirit’ [essay, ENG]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘Scottish Poet’s Wealth’ [poetry, SC]
  • Hugh MacDiarmid: ‘The Celtic Sunrise’ [poetry, SC]

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