J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in Kirriemuir,Scotland. Now his birthplace (0) is kept (to keep) as a museum. RobertBurns is the national poet of Scotland, and January 25 — the date of hisbirth — (1) is celebrated by Scots the world over. RobertBurns (2) is remembered with a ceremony called Burns'Supper, at which traditional Scottish dishes (3) areeaten. Burns' poems (4) are read and after the meal (5) are finished there may be some Scottish dancing. In2009, the 250th anniversary of his birthday (6) wasmarked. 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 ofScotland'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-famousmasterpieces. Many portraits of famous British writers (9) were exhibited there. Agatha Christie is the world's mostpublished crime writer. Agatha Christie's books (10) weretranslated into 103 languages, and they are still popular today. A newcollection of her detective stories (11) was published. Exhibitions on her life and work (12) are organized every year in her native town,Torquay, England.
