John A. Scott, Sydney, 1982
Photo by John Tranter. r38
John A Scott Contents page
John A.Scott (b.1948) was born in England in 1948 and is the author of several novels and books of poetry and prose. His first book was The Barbarous Sideshow (1975) (the title is taken from Rimbaud), followed by From the Flooded City (1981) and five more books of poetry. His Selected Poems was published by UQP in 1995. He has received a number of major Australian writing awards, including the Victorian Premier’s Prize for his book of poetic narratives, St. Clair, in 1986 and for the novel, What I Have Written, in 1994. In later years he has become involved in writing for film and his work includes the screenplay adaptation of What I Have Written. He retired from a teaching position in the Faculty of Creative Arts at Wollongong University in 2005.
Material available on this site:
A selection of poems: Flooded City /‘Changing Room’/ Man in Petersham / Breath / Pride of Erin / The Dog Becomes a Waterfall / Velocity /‘A’ / He Mailed the Letters Himself [12 pages]
Elegy, a prose poem [12 pages]
John Tranter reviews From the Flooded City, John A. Scott, (Makar Press, Brisbane, 1981), $5.95 (three printed pages).
John A. Scott and Tess, Annandale, Sydney, NSW, February 1982. Photo by John Tranter. r38
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