George Bruce (poet) explained

George Bruce OBE (10 March 1909  - 25 July 2002) was a Scottish poet and radio journalist.[1] [2] [3]

He was educated at Fraserburgh Academy and Aberdeen University and later taught at the High School of Dundee, commuting across the Tay from Wormit in Fife.[1] [4]

He was a BBC producer at Aberdeen (1946-1956) and Edinburgh (1956-1970). He co-produced the radio programmes Scottish Art and Letters and Arts Review. Later he was fellow in creative writing at Glasgow University (1971–73) and visiting professor in US and Australia. In 1975-1976 he was the executive editor of The Scottish Review.[1]

In 1984 he was awarded OBE.[2] His book Pursuit won the Saltire Society award (1999) for Scottish Book of the Year.[1] His portrait (oil on panel, by Colin Dunbar, 1969) is in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/aug/07/guardianobituaries2 "George Bruce"
  2. http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/george-bruce "George Bruce (1909 - 2002)"
  3. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11956169.George_Bruce_Poet_who_captured_the_feel_of_his_native_land/ "George Bruce  - Poet who captured the feel of his native land"
  4. Hubbard, Tom (2021), "The Poetry of George Bruce", in Scottish Review 5 May 2021 and Hubbard, Tom (2022), Invitation to the Voyage: Scotland, Europe and Literature, Rymour, pp. 84 - 88,
  5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/galapunk/22763451474 "Portrait of the poet George Bruce, oil on panel, Colin Dunbar"