“A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen.”
About William Soutar
28 April 1898–15 October 1943
In a modest house on Wilson Street in Perth, Scotland, a small attic room served as both prison and sanctuary for one of Scotland's most remarkable twentieth-century poets. From this confined space, William Soutar would pen some of the most enduring children's verse in Scots literature while simultaneously crafting…