Alastair Reid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alastair Reid

British poet

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Whithorn, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Sep-2014

Profession: poet, translator

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.