Clem Christesen

Clem Christesen

male, deceased (2003)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Australian, Recipient of the Order of Australia Medal, Literary critic, Meanjin, Recipient of the Centenary Medal
Clement Byrne Christesen (1911-2003) was the founder of the Australian literary magazine, Meanjin. He served as the magazine's editor from 1940...
Judith Beveridge

Judith Beveridge

female, 53 years old
Australian women writer, Kalimat, Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, Mary Gilmore Award, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Meanjin
Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. Judith Beveridge was born in England, arriving in Australia...
Drusilla Modjeska

Drusilla Modjeska

female, 63 years old
novelist, Australian women writer, Stravinsky's Lunch, Meanjin, University of New South Wales, Australian National University
Drusilla Modjeska (born 17 October 1946) is a contemporary Australian writer and editor. Drusilla Modjeska was born in England and lived in Papua...

A. A. Phillips

male, deceased (1985)
Oxford University, Educator, Australian, Non-fiction writer, wesley college, Post-colonial theory…Meanjin
Arthur Angel Phillips (1900-1985), generally known as A. A. Phillips, was an Australian writer, critic and teacher, best known for coining the term...
Kris Hemensley

Kris Hemensley

male, 63 years old
Alexandria, poet, Egyptian, Australian, royal air force, English…Meanjin
Kris Alan Hemensley (born 26 April 1946) is a poet, who was born on The Isle of Wight, and spent his early childhood in Alexandria, the son of an...
Jessica Anderson

Jessica Anderson

female, 93 years old
Australian women writer, Meanjin, Gayndah, Queensland, Jessica Margaret Queale Anderson, Heat magazine, The Bulletin
Jessica Margaret Queale Anderson (born September 25, 1916) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. She has won several awards, and has...
Morris Lurie

Morris Lurie

male, 71 years old
novelist, Rappaport's Revenge, Seven Books for Grossman, The London Jungle Adventures of Charlie Hope, Meanjin, memoirist
Morris Lurie (born 1938) is an Australian writer of comic novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's books. His work focuses on the comic...
Glenda Adams

Glenda Adams

female, deceased (2007)
The Good Weekend, Glenda Emile Adams, The (London) Observer, Vogue Australia, the sydney morning herald, the village voice…Meanjin
Glenda Emile Adams (née Felton) was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin A...

Beverley Farmer

female, 68 years old
novelist, Island Magazine, Beverley Anne Farmer, Australian women writer, Meanjin, The Bulletin
Beverley Anne Farmer (a.k.a. B. Christou is an Australian novelist and short story writer. Beverley Farmer was born in Melbourne. She was educated...
Kate Constable

Kate Constable

female
novelist, The Waterless Sea, Chanters of Tremaris, The Singer of All Songs, Sandringham, Victoria, Meanjin
Kate Constable is an Australian author. Her first novel was "The Singer of All Songs", the first in the "Chanters of Tremaris" trilogy. It was...