Editing William Auld (section)

==Life==
[[File:The grave of William Auld, Dollar churchyard.jpg|thumb|Auld's grave in [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire|''Dollair'']] churchyard]]
Auld was born at [[Erith]] in Kent, and then moved to Glasgow with his parents, attending [[Allan Glen's School]]. After wartime service as a spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force, he studied English literature at [[Glasgow University]], and then qualified as a teacher.<ref>[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=1361492006 Obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210203805/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=1361492006 |date=10 February 2007 }} ''[[The Scotsman]]''; accessed 4 December 2016.</ref>

In 1952 he married his childhood sweetheart Margaret (Meta) Barr Stewart, also an Esperantist, and had two children. In 1960, he was appointed to a secondary school in [[Alloa]] and he remained there for the rest of his life. He was nominated for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1999, 2004, and 2006, making him the first person nominated for works in Esperanto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1529478/William-Auld.html|title=William Auld|date=22 September 2006|work=Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|access-date=22 April 2010}}</ref>

His [[masterpiece]], ''La infana raso'' (''The Infant Race''), is a long poem that, in Auld's words, explores "the role of the human race in time and in the cosmos," and is partly based on ''[[The Cantos]]'' by [[Ezra Pound]].<ref>(en) Paul Gubbins, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/19/obituaries.readersobituaries William Auld], [[The Guardian]], 19. Sept. 2006</ref>

Auld began to learn Esperanto in [[1937]] but only became active in the propagation of the language in [[1947]], and from then on wrote many works in Esperanto. He edited various magazines and [[review]]s, including ''[[Esperanto en Skotlando]]'' (1949–1955), ''[[Esperanto (magazine)|Esperanto]]'' (1955–1958, 1961–1962), ''[[Monda Kulturo]]'' (1962–1963), ''[[Norda Prismo]]'' (1968–1972), ''[[La Brita Esperantisto]]'' (1973–1999) and ''[[Fonto]]'' (1980–1987).<ref>[https://blogs.transparent.com/esperanto/william-auld/ William Auld], Transparent Language, 30. April 2009</ref>

He was Vice President of the [[Universal Esperanto Association]] (1977–1980), President of the [[Academy of Esperanto]] (1979–1983), and President of the Esperanto [[International PEN|PEN]] Centre (1999–2005). He donated his personal collection of nearly 5000 [[Esperanto literature|books in and about Esperanto]] to the [[National Library of Scotland]], where it is now housed,<ref>{{cite web |title=Esperanto |url=https://www.nls.uk/collections/rare-books/collections/esperanto |website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=10 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> in 2001.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

He died in Dolair/[[Dollar, Clackmannanshire]], and is buried in Dollar churchyard. The grave lies on the approach path to the church from the main road.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}