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Introduced by Alexander Scott. William Soutar was one of the greatest Scots poets of his generation. Tragically he was confined to his bed with a crippling illness for the last fourteen years of his life. During these years, Soutar kept a day-by-day record of his experiences and observations-personal, literary, and philosophical. Each page is written with striking bravery and determination, providing a unique glimpse into the life of this good-humoured man, dedicated to his art. This is a book written in the face of death but inspired by an unsentimental love of life.

About the Author :
William Soutar (1898- 1943) was born and educated in Perth. He spent his war service with the Royal Navy from 1916 to 1919, and then went on to Edinburgh University to complete his education. Enrolled as a medical student, Soutar soon transferred to English Literature and graduated in 1923. A verse collection, Gleanings by an Undergraduate, was published anonymously at this time. Suffering from a progressive disease of the spine, Soutar returned to his parent's house in Perth to take up what amounted to a lifetime of private study, and by 1930 he was permanently confined to bed. He produced several volumes of poems in English in the following fourteen years, but by this time Soutar was also experimenting with Scots, and 'bairn-rhymes' in particular. His first poems in this mode were published as Seeds in The Wind(1933), with Poems in Scots in 1935 and Riddles in Scots in 1937. The most complete collection of his work can be found in Poems of William Soutar: A New Selection, (ed W.R. Aitken, Scottish Academic Press, 1988). A lively succession of friends, artists and writers came to visit Soutar in his bedroom. He recorded these events, along with his own thoughts, political views, dreams and creative processes in his diary, his journal, a dream book, a common-day book and, at the very end of his life, a record which he called The Diary of a Dying Man.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780862413477
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Canongate Books
  • Height: 129 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 0862413478
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 198 mm


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