Scott, David: - David Scott is Emeritus Professor of French (Textual & Visual Studies) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).As a semiologist, Professor Scott's work over the last three decades has centred on aesthetics, poetics and the relationship between text and image across a wide range of cultural practices and has led to landmark books on poetry and the visual arts (1988;2009) surrealist painting (1992), the postage stamp (1995, 2002), travel writing (2004), the poster (2010), and boxing (2009, 2015). His translation of Mallarmé's sonnets (2008) has also been widely acclaimed.A specialist in the visual arts as well as literature, Professor Scott was curator of the TCD modern art collection (1976-1992), member of the board of the Douglas Hyde Gallery (1979-1991) and curator of important exhibitions such as Treasures of the Mind, which marked the 400th anniversary of Trinity College Dublin (1992), and European Stamp Design (Design Museum, London 1995-96).