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Poets' A-Z » Liz Niven
Liz Niven was born in Glasgow in 1952. She was educated at Glasgow University
and Jordanhill College of Education, subsequently living in Easter Ross
for ten years, and for 18 years in Newton Stewart, Galloway. As a teacher,
she has had a strong interest in Scots language in education, recognising
that many Scots-speaking children and families are denied their right
to speak, and be respected for using, their native tongue. She has been
Scots Language Development Officer for Dumfries and Galloway Education
Department and Writer-in-Residence for Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association.
Her poetry has been published in most major Scottish magazines, as well
as along the River Cree in Galloway, in a commissioned collaboration with
sculptors and wood-carvers. Recent poetry collections include Cree
Lines (Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association, 2000, Stravaigin
(Canongate, 2001) and Burning Whins and Other Poems (Luath, 2004).
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