George Bruce OBE (10 March 1909 – 25 July 2002) was a Scottish poet and radio journalist."George Bruce"
an obituary by Paul Scott, ''

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'', August 6, 2002"George Bruce (1909 - 2002)"
Scottish Poetry Library He was educated at Fraserburgh Academy and

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and later taught at Dundee High School, commuting across the Tay from

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in Fife. 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

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(1971–73) and visiting professor in US and Australia. In 1975-1976 he was the executive editor of ''The Scottish Review''. In 1984 he was awarded OBE. His book ''Pursuit'' won the

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award (1999) for Scottish Book of the Year. His portrait (oil on panel, by Colin Dunbar, 1970) is in the collection of the

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."Portrait of the poet George Bruce, oil on panel, Colin Dunbar"
(retrieved November 30, 2017)

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

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'', a book of art, co-produced with artist

John Bellany John Bellany (18 June 1942 – 28 August 2013) was a Scottish people, Scottish painter. Early life Bellany was born in Port Seton. His father and grandfather were fishermen in Port Seton and Eyemouth near Edinburgh. During the early 1960 ...

*2007: ''The Singing of the Foxes'' *''To Foster and Enrich'' a history of the Saltire Society.

Articles

* '' F.G. Scott 1880 - 1958'', in ''

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'' No. 4, Winter 1980-81, pp. 25 & 26,

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1909 births 2002 deaths Scottish poets Scottish radio producers Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Academics of the University of Glasgow People educated at Fraserburgh Academy {{scotland-poet-stub

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