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Acclaimed Scottish Poet Hailed as 'Finest of His Generation' Dies Aged 83

His debut collection was an immediate critical success, and his later work kept returning to class, inequality and poverty.

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ACCLAIMED Scottish poet Douglas Dunn, whose work explored class, poverty and grief, has died aged 83.

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Acclaimed Scottish poet hailed as 'finest of his generation' dies aged 83

ACCLAIMED Scottish poet Douglas Dunn, whose work explored class, poverty and grief, has died aged 83.

·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Douglas Dunn obituary: Poet and teacher who wrote about class and grief

Dunn was a friend of the poet Philip Larkin and taught creative writing at Dundee at St Andrews universities.

·London, United Kingdom
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