J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in Kirriemuir,
Scotland. Now his birthplace (0) is kept (to keep) as a museum. Robert
Burns is the national poet of Scotland, and January 25 — the date of his
birth — (1) is celebrated by Scots the world over.
Robert
Burns (2) is remembered with a ceremony called Burns'
Supper, at which traditional Scottish dishes (3) are
eaten.
Burns' poems (4) are read and after the meal
(5) are finished there may be some Scottish dancing.
In
2009, the 250th anniversary of his birthday (6) was
marked.
There are special book museums all over Great Britain.
Exhibitions of books, photographs, pictures of famous British writers
(7) are held there.
The exhibition of one of
Scotland's best-loved writer Robert Louis Stevenson (8) was organised in 2005, to mark the 155th anniversary of his birthday.
The National Portrait Gallery in London contains a lot of world-famous
masterpieces.
Many portraits of famous British writers (9) were exhibited there.
Agatha Christie is the world's most
published crime writer.
Agatha Christie's books (10) were
translated into 103 languages, and they are still popular today.
A new
collection of her detective stories (11) was published.
Exhibitions on her life and work (12) are organized every year in her native town,
Torquay, England.