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(1926-2014) Poet, essayist. Alastair Reid was born in Whithorn, Scotland, and died in Manhattan, New York. He wrote for The New Yorker.

Full Name

Alastair Reid

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1926

BIRTH

Alastair Reid was born in Whithorn, Scotland, on March 22, 1926.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Reid taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, in the early 1950s.

1953

LITWORK

To Lighten My House
Morgan & Morgan

Collection of poetry.

1958

LITWORK

Ounce Dice Trice
Little, Brown & Company

Children's book.

1959

LITWORK

Oddments Inklings Omens Moments
Little Brown

Collection of poetry.

1959

OTHER

Mr. Reid joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1959.

1960

LITWORK

Supposing
Little, Brown

Children's book.

1963

LITWORK

Passwords: Places, Poems, Preoccupations
Little Brown
1135776563 / 978-1135776565
Collection of works by Alastair Reid.

1978

LITWORK

Weathering
E. P. Dutton, New York, New York.

Collection of poetry.

1987

LITWORK

Whereabouts: Notes On Being A Foreigner
North Point Press
0865472580 / 978-0865472587
Collection of Mr. Reid's work for The New Yorker.

1997

LITWORK

Oases
Canongate Books Ltd
0862417171 / 978-0862417178
Collection of poetry, prose, and translations.

2008

LITWORK

Outside In: Selected Prose
Birlinn Ltd
1846970687 / 978-1846970689
Nonfiction.

2008

LITWORK

Inside Out: Selected Poetry and Translations
Birlinn Ltd
1846970695 / 978-1846970696
Collection of poetry and translations.

2014

DEATH

Alastair Reid died in Manhattan, New York, on September 21, 2014.

2014

RESIDENCE

Mr. Reid lived in many places, including Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York.

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