(1st ed. Ryerson, 1945–G-G winner for poetry)
(author photo and blurb on back cover; photo–John Steele)
(tipped-in rare signed letter to a fan)
(dj, McClelland & Stewart, 1981)
(rare inscription from Scott and his wife)
F.R. Scott–Francis Reginald Scott (1899-1985) was born in Quebec City, the son of Anglican priest-poet F.G. Scott. He was an intellectual and constitutional expert who helped found the C.C.F. (later N.D.P.) He was a law professor and later Dean of Law at McGill. In 1977, he won a second Governor General’s Award for non-fiction: Essays on the Constitution. Leonard Cohen paid homage to him in a musical version of Scott’s “Villanelle of Our Time” on his Dear Heather album. Scott can be heard reading on Six Montreal Poets (Folkways CD/LP). I used his excellent education poem “Examiner” and historical satire “WLMK” in two of my books.