High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Garioch Sutherland, (9 May 1909 – 26 April 1981), was a Scottish poet and translator. His poetry was written almost exclusively in the Scots language, he was a key member in the literary revival of the language in the mid-20th century. However, his biggest influences were the 18th century poet Robert Fergusson and the Italian dialect sonneteer Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.