Bruce Arnold | |
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| Born | 6 September 1936 London, England |
| Occupation | Journalist and author |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Subject | Literary criticism and art criticism |
| Notable works | A Singer at the Wedding, The Song of the Nightingale, The Muted Swan |
| Notable awards | Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature |
Bruce Arnold OBE FRSL (born 6 September 1936) is an English journalist and author who has lived in Ireland since 1957.[1] His main expertise is in the fields of literary criticism and art criticism.[2]
In 1983 it emerged that his telephone had been bugged by Charles Haughey in the Irish phone tapping scandal. He and the other bugged journalists were considered to have "anti-national" views.
Arnold was educated at Kingham Hill School and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied modern languages. His wife Mavis Arnold (née Ysabel Mavis Cleave) was also a journalist.[3] Arnold's older brother Guy Arnold was also an author, largely on African politics.
Arnold has worked for the main Irish newspapers based in Dublin – The Irish Times from 1965; The Irish Press and the Sunday Independent. He also acted as Dublin correspondent of The Guardian. He has edited Hibernia and the Dublin Magazine (1962–68; formerly The Dubliner).
He is an honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[4] and an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin (UCD) and an OBE.
