“I suppose the unconscious thought expressing itself in such a display…” — William Soutar

“I suppose the unconscious thought expressing itself in such a display of animal boisterousness is: 'Look, Death, look; here is somebody alive and very much alive.”

Interprets youthful exuberance as an instinctive challenge to mortality · Diary, 1939

William Soutar

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…

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