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Ian Crockatt -LRB- born 1949 -RRB- is a Scottish poet and translator .. Scottish. Scottish people. He was born in Perth , Scotland and now lives in Aberdeenshire .. Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire. He has published several volumes of poetry including Flood Alert -LRB- Chapman , 1996 -RRB- , Original Myths -LRB- Cruachan , 2000 ; shortlisted for the Scottish Book of the Year Award -RRB- , and The Lyrical Beast -LRB- Salix , 2004 -RRB- .. Scottish. Scottish people. Scottish Book of the Year Award. Saltire Society Literary Awards. His recent work Skald -LRB- Koo Press , 2009 -RRB- explores the forms of Old Norse skaldic poetry .. Old Norse. Old Norse. skaldic poetry. skaldic poetry. As a translator , Crockatt won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for his translation of Rainer Maria Rilke 's poetry , published in 2012 under the title Pure Contradiction .. Schlegel-Tieck Prize. Schlegel-Tieck Prize. Rainer Maria Rilke. Rainer Maria Rilke. He is pursuing a PhD at Aberdeen University 's Centre for Scandinavian Studies ; his doctoral thesis is on translating skaldic verse from the Orkneyinga Saga .. Aberdeen University. Aberdeen University. Orkneyinga Saga. Orkneyinga Saga