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Tom Leonard (born 1944) is a Scottish poet, writer and critic. He is best known for his poems written in the Glaswegian dialect of Scots, particularly his ''Six Glasgow Poems'' and ''The Six O'Clock News''. His work frequently deals with the relationship between language, class and culture. ==Biography== Leonard was born in Glasgow in 1944. His father was a train-driver who had moved to Scotland from Dublin in 1916. His mother, also of Irish descent, came from Saltcoats and had previously worked at the Nobel dynamite factory in Ardeer.〔("Profile of Leonard at the Scottish Poetry Library" )〕 He began a degree at the University of Glasgow in 1967, but left after two years.〔 While there he met poets including Tom McGrath, Alan Spence, Aonghas MacNeacail and Philip Hobsbaum, and also edited the university magazine.〔("Interview with Tom Leonard by Attila Dosa for Hungarian Literary Magazine" )〕 He returned to complete a degree in English and Scottish Literature in the 1970s.〔Leonard (1995) 'Literature, Dialogue and Democracy' in ''Reports from the Present'', p.61.〕 He joined a group of new and distinctive authors, including Philip Hobsbaum, Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, James Kelman, Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington, of whom Hobsbaum was the nucleus.〔("Biography of Philip Hobsbaum at the University of Glasgow" )〕 He has been part of the Scottish literary scene for the past forty years. With Alasdair Gray and James Kelman, he was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow in 2001.〔http://www.tomleonard.co.uk/Possible/gla.uk.pdf〕 He retired from the position in 2009.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Leonard (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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