Laurie Hergenhan

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Laurie Hergenhan
Born15 March 1931
Bega, New South Wales
Died21 July 2019 (aged 88)
Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationLiterary scholar

Laurence Thomas Hergenhan AO FAHA (15 March 1931 – 21 July 2019)[1][2] was an Australian literary scholar. He was the founder and former 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Wilde, Hooton & Andrews, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Oxford, Melbourne, 1994, p. 363.
  2. ^ University of Queensland, School of Communications and Arts. 'Emeritus Professor Laurence Hergenhan (1931-2019).'https://communication-arts.uq.edu.au/article/2019/07/emeritus-professor-laurence-hergenhan-1931-2019
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gelder, Ken (1998). "The Trouble with Australian Literature". Australian Quarterly. 70 (6): 8–12. doi:10.2307/20637774. JSTOR 20637774.
  5. ^ Monahan, Sean (2003). A Long and Winding Road: Xavier Herbert's Literary Journey. UWA. pp. 299 n.3. ISBN 9781876268930. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Professor Laurence Thomas Hergenhan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ^ Fotheringham, Richard. "Laurence Thomas ("Laurie") Hergenhan AO FAHA" (PDF). Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

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