▁and ▁political ▁issues . ▁Some ▁writers ▁that ▁emer ged ▁after ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁followed ▁Mac Di arm id ▁by ▁writing ▁in ▁Sc ots , ▁including ▁Robert ▁G ario ch ▁( 1 9 0 9 – 1 9 8 1 ) ▁and ▁Sydney ▁Good s ir ▁Smith ▁( 1 9 1 5 – 1 9 7 5 ). ▁The ▁Glas weg ian ▁poet ▁Ed win ▁Morgan ▁( 1 9 2 0 – 2 0 1 0 ) ▁became ▁known ▁for ▁transl ations ▁of ▁works ▁from ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁European ▁languages . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁Sc ots ▁Mak ar ▁( the ▁official ▁national ▁poet ), ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁Scottish ▁government ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁Alexander ▁Gray ▁was ▁an ▁academic ▁and ▁poet , ▁but ▁is ▁chief ly ▁remembered ▁for ▁this ▁transl ations ▁into ▁Sc ots ▁from ▁the ▁German ▁and ▁Dan ish ▁ball ad ▁trad itions ▁into ▁Sc ots , ▁including ▁Ar rows . ▁A ▁Book ▁of ▁German ▁Ball ads ▁and ▁Fol ks ongs ▁Att empt ed ▁in ▁Sc ots ▁( 1 9 3 2 ) ▁and ▁Four - and - F ort y . ▁A ▁Selection ▁of ▁Dan ish ▁Ball ads ▁Pres ented ▁in ▁Sc ots ▁( 1 9 5 4 ). ▁ ▁The ▁generation ▁of ▁po ets ▁that ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁post war ▁period ▁included ▁Douglas ▁D unn ▁( born ▁ 1 9 4 2 ), ▁whose ▁work ▁has ▁often ▁seen ▁a ▁coming ▁to ▁terms ▁with ▁class ▁and ▁national ▁identity ▁within ▁the ▁formal ▁structures ▁of