▁poetry ▁and ▁comment ing ▁on ▁contemporary ▁events , ▁as ▁in ▁Barb ari ans ▁( 1 9 7 9 ) ▁and ▁North light ▁( 1 9 8 8 ). ▁His ▁most ▁personal ▁work ▁is ▁contained ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁E leg ies ▁( 1 9 8 5 ), ▁which ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁wife ▁from ▁cancer . ▁Tom ▁Leonard ▁( born ▁ 1 9 4 4 ), ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁Glas weg ian ▁dialect , ▁pione ering ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁voice ▁in ▁Scottish ▁poetry . ▁L iz ▁L och head ▁( born ▁ 1 9 4 7 ) ▁also ▁expl ored ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁working - class ▁people ▁of ▁Glasgow , ▁but ▁added ▁an ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁female ▁voices ▁within ▁a ▁sometimes ▁male ▁domin ated ▁society . ▁She ▁also ▁adapted ▁classic ▁texts ▁into ▁Sc ots , ▁with ▁versions ▁of ▁M oli ère ' s ▁T art uff e ▁( 1 9 8 5 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Mis anth ro pe ▁( 1 9 7 3 / 2 0 0 5 ), ▁while ▁Ed win ▁Morgan ▁translated ▁ ▁Cy rano ▁de ▁Ber ger ac ▁( 1 9 9 2 ). ▁ ▁The ▁Scottish ▁Renaissance ▁increasing ly ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁the ▁novel , ▁particularly ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁when ▁Hugh ▁Mac Di arm id ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁isol ation ▁in ▁Sh et land ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁not ▁Sc ots . ▁However , ▁George ▁Bla ke ▁pione ered ▁the ▁expl oration ▁of ▁the ▁experiences