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Australian literary editor and scholar (1931–2019)
Laurie Hergenhan |
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Born | 15 March 1931
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Died | 21 July 2019 (aged 88)
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Occupation | Literary scholar |
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Laurence Thomas Hergenhan
AO
FAHA (15 March 1931 – 21 July 2019)
[1]
[2] was an Australian literary scholar.
After completing his schooling at St Bernard's College,
Katoomba, Hergenhan attended the
University of Sydney, where he received his
MA in 1953 and
Diploma of Education in 1957. He completed his
PhD at
Birkbeck College in London before returning to Australia in 1960 to take up a lectureship at the
University of Tasmania.
[2]
He was the founder and for many years the editor of
Australian Literary Studies (1963) and the editor of the 1988 Penguin New Literary History of Australia
[3]
[4] and published on
Xavier Herbert.
[5] He was a professor emeritus of
The University of Queensland.
Hergenhan was made an
Officer of the Order of Australia in 1994 for "service to Australian literary scholarship and to education".
[6] He was elected a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1993.
[7]
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^ Wilde, Hooton & Andrews, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Oxford, Melbourne, 1994, p. 363.
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b
"Emeritus Professor Laurence Hergenhan (1931-2019)". University of Queensland, School of Communications and Arts. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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^ Arnold, John (1993). "Studying Australian Literature: A Guide to Some Recent Sources".
World Literature Today. 67 (3): 533–39.
doi:
10.2307/40149349.
JSTOR
40149349.
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^ Gelder, Ken (1998). "The Trouble with Australian Literature".
Australian Quarterly. 70 (6): 8–12.
doi:
10.2307/20637774.
JSTOR
20637774.
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^ Monahan, Sean (2003).
A Long and Winding Road: Xavier Herbert's Literary Journey. UWA. pp. 299 n.3.
ISBN
9781876268930. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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"Professor Laurence Thomas Hergenhan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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^ Fotheringham, Richard.
"Laurence Thomas ("Laurie") Hergenhan AO FAHA" (PDF). Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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