▁Hog g ▁provided ▁a ▁Sc ots ▁counter part ▁to ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Scott . ▁However , ▁popular ▁Scottish ▁newsp apers ▁regularly ▁included ▁articles ▁and ▁comment ary ▁in ▁the ▁vern ac ular ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁transl ations ▁into ▁Sc ots ▁from ▁other ▁German ic ▁languages , ▁such ▁as ▁Dan ish , ▁Swedish ▁and ▁German , ▁including ▁those ▁by ▁Robert ▁Jam ies on ▁and ▁Robert ▁Williams ▁Buch an an . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁sur ge ▁of ▁activity ▁in ▁Scottish ▁literature , ▁influenced ▁by ▁modern ism ▁and ▁res urg ent ▁national ism , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Renaissance . ▁The ▁leading ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁movement ▁was ▁Hugh ▁Mac Di arm id ▁who ▁attempted ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁Sc ots ▁language ▁as ▁a ▁medium ▁for ▁serious ▁literature , ▁developing ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁Syn th etic ▁Sc ots ▁that ▁combined ▁different ▁regional ▁dialect s ▁and ▁arch a ic ▁terms . ▁Other ▁writers ▁that ▁emer ged ▁in ▁this ▁period , ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁treated ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁movement , ▁include ▁the ▁po ets ▁Ed win ▁Mu ir ▁and ▁William ▁S out ar . ▁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 , ▁Sydney ▁Good s ir ▁Smith ▁and ▁Ed win ▁Morgan , ▁who ▁became ▁known ▁for ▁transl ations ▁of ▁works ▁from ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁European ▁languages . ▁Alexander ▁Gray ▁is ▁chief ly ▁remembered ▁for ▁this ▁transl ations