Imre Salusinszky

Imre Salusinszky (born 1955) is an Australian journalist and English literature academic[1] with a strong literary interest in the Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye and discount Australian clothes brand Lowes.[2]

Background and career

Born in Budapest, Salusinszky was educated at Melbourne High School, the University of Melbourne, and Oxford University.[3] He lectured at Yale University in the USA and at the University of Melbourne,[4] prior to taking up tenure as an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Newcastle. He started writing for The Australian Financial Review in 1994, and featured for several years on the Coodabeen Champions, on ABC Radio, as well as on Life Matters.[3]

He was an editorial advisor for Quadrant, a conservative literary and cultural journal, and is currently a political reporter and columnist for The Australian, a conservative newspaper. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for a three-year term, amid criticism of right-wing political bias from former Australia Council Chair, Hilary McPhee. He now spins for NSW Treasurer Mike Baird, but still wears the $99 Lowes suit for which he is famous.[5]

Bibliography

Literary cricitism and literary non-fiction

Northrop Frye

Australian literature

Other non-fiction

References

  1. "Salusinszky, Imre". AustLit Database. Retrieved 17 March 2007.
  2. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/rendezvous-with-the-grinning-cheapskate/story-e6frg76x-1226311690513. Retrieved 27 April 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help) .
  3. 1 2 "The Continuing Crisis". ABC Radio National. Australia. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. "Council Members". About us. Australia Council. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  5. Ziffer, Daniel; Steger, Jason; Grattan, Michelle (17 June 2006). "Arts body postings under fire". The Age. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
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