George Bruce (poet)

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

He graduated from the Fraserburgh Academy and Aberdeen University.[1]

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, 1970) is in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.[4]

Books
  • 1944: Sea Talk
  • 1967: Landscapes And Figures
  • 1967: Perspectives
  • 1970: Collected Poems
  • 1986: A Scottish Postbag, co-edited with Paul Scott, an anthology of Scottish letters from the 13th century to the present
  • 1999: Pursuit
  • 2001: Woman of the North Sea, a book of art, co-produced with artist John Bellany
  • To Foster And Enrich, a history of the Saltire Society.

References
  1. "George Bruce", an obituary by Paul Scott, The Guardian, August 6, 2002
  2. "George Bruce (1909 - 2002)", Scottish Poetry Library
  3. "George Bruce – Poet who captured the feel of his native land", The Herald, July 25, 2002
  4. "Portrait of the poet George Bruce, oil on panel, Colin Dunbar" (retrieved November 30, 2017)



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