Walter Perrie (born 1949) is a Scottish poet, author, editor and critic. He has also published under the pseudonym Patrick MacCrimmon.
Born in the village of Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1949, Walter Perrie was educated at the Hamilton Academy, and studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. (He subsequently gained a further degree from the University of Stirling.)
Since the 1970s, Walter Perrie has been a poet, editor, travel writer and contributor to numerous magazines and periodicals. Perrie was a founding co-editor in 1969 of the literary magazine Chapman (Chapman Publishing, Edinburgh), editing the magazine until 1975. Managing Editor, 1985âÂÂ90, of Margin:International Arts Quarterly, Perrie has also been editor of Lines Review and, with John Herdman, Fras magazine. Scottish-Canadian Exchange Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1984âÂÂ85, Perrie is also a former Writer in Residence, University of Stirling (1991.). He was a James Merrill Fellow in Stonington, CT in 2017.
Perrie's published works include:
Contributions include to Scots Language and Literature (Chapman, Edinburgh 1979) and to The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry.
Winner in 1979 of the Society of Authors Eric Gregory Trust Award, Walter Perrie has been awarded Scottish Arts Council Bursaries in 1976, 1983, 1994 and 1999; the Book Awards, 1976 and 1983; the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in 1987 and the Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship in 2000.