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Mar 22, 1926 Whithorn, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 21 Sep 2014 (aged 88)
British poet
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About Alastair Reid
- Alastair Reid (Whithorn, 22 March 1926 – Manhattan, 21 September 2014) was a Scottish poet and a scholar of South American literature.
- He was known for his lighthearted style of poems and for his translations of South American poets Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda.
- Although he was known for translations, his own poems had gained notice during his lifetime.
- He had lived in Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Morocco, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and in the United States.
- During the editorship of William Shawn he wrote for The New Yorker magazine, but his main income was from teaching.
