Posted by Brian Lilley The article by Susan Wyndham described him as the godfather of Australian literary life and among other thing had this to say 'He savages major writers and promotes rising talents. His horizons are international but he rarely leaves Melbourne. Peter Craven is enigmatic, opinionated and, above all, influential'. 'He was the eldest of five children of a well known sports journalist, John Craven. His admiring brother, Greg Craven, dean of law at Notre Dame University in Western Australia, remembers him as a teenager....' I have a copy of the complete article if anyone would like to see it.
on 18/7/2002, 6:33 am
A two page article about Literary Critic Peter Craven appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Sat 13/7/02).
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