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. 1 2 3 4 "George Bruce", an obituary by Paul Scott, The Guardian, August 6, 2002
  2. 1 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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