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![]() ![]() After the war he studied Classics at the University of St Andrews and briefly taught Classics at Sarah Lawrence College, New York. ![]() During the Second World War he served in the Royal Navy decoding ciphers. Reid was born at Whithorn in Galloway, Scotland, the son of a clergyman. During the editorship of William Shawn he wrote for The New Yorker magazine, but his main income was from teaching. He had lived in Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Morocco, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and in the United States. Although he was known for translations, his own poems had gained notice during his lifetime. ![]() He was known for his lighthearted style of poems and for his translations of South American poets Jorge Luis Borges and Pablo Neruda. Scottish poet and a scholar of South American literature (1926 – 2014)Īlastair Reid (22 March 1926, in Whithorn – 21 September 2014, in Manhattan) was a Scottish poet and a scholar of South American literature. ![]()
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