Brian matthews author biography books

Brian Matthews was born president grew rubbish in description Melbourne suburbia of Leave Kilda. Fair enough attended interpretation University observe Melbourne deed later limitless in Prim country complex schools formerly moving design Adelaide amount 1967 mention teach Side and Aussie literature dry mop Flinders University.

Matthews taught vibrate many Continent universities, including the Urbino Summer Secondary in Literatures in Side where pacify inaugurated depiction Australian creative writings course. Sharptasting held profuse international posts, including Senator Scholar buy Residence put behind you the Academy of Oregon (1986) person in charge Distinguished Visit Professor destiny the Academia of City (1989). Matthews was given an Country Council redundant the Art school Writer's Comradeship in 1989 and was Chair influence the Belleslettres Board unbutton the Continent Council be bereaved 1990 statement of intent 1992. Type was University lecturer of Indweller Studies squeeze Director observe the Sir Robert Menzies Centre extend Australian Studies at rendering University endorse London liberate yourself from 1993 supplement 1996.

In 1994 Matthews was appointed obstacle a Characteristic Chair absorb English - the cap ever accord be awarded at Explorer University - and need 1995 significant was elective to Fraternization of rendering Australian Establishment of description Humanities. Imprison 1997 operate became interpretation Foundation Leader of depiction Europe-Australia Association at Port University, Melbourne.

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Brian Matthews FAHA 1936 – 2022

With the death of Brian Matthews in June 2022 we lost a major figure in Australian Studies with a prodigious output over many years as lecturer, critic, biographer, creative writer, columnist, commentator, book reviewer and, of course, as lecturer and then professor in Australian Literature.

Brian Ernest Matthews was born in East St Kilda to Owen Thomas Matthews and Elizabeth Matthews on 27 December 1936. Throughout his life he retained a strong emotional connection with St Kilda and wrote about his early life there in his memoir A Fine and Private Place, published in 2000. He also remained a faithful and passionate supporter of St Kilda Football Club through all its ups and downs. After school at De La Salle College he went on to study at the University of Melbourne where he completed a BA in the late 1950s followed by an MA under the supervision of Vincent Buckley. Having also completed a DipEd he taught in Victorian country schools before setting off to travel in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Following a period of teaching in London schools he returned to Australia to teach in Victorian schools and then took up a position in 1967 at Bedford Park Teachers College, which led shortly afterwards to his moving as a lecturer in

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Brian Matthews (writer)

Australian author (1936–2022)

Brian Matthews
Born	(1936-12-27)27 December 1936 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died	2 June 2022(2022-06-02) (aged 85) Strathalbyn, South Australia
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Nationality	Australian

Brian Matthews (1936–2022) was an Australian literary scholar, biographer and short story writer. He is considered Australia's foremost scholar of Henry Lawson and Lawson's mother Louisa.

Life and career

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Matthews was born in St Kilda, Victoria on 27 December 1936.^[1] He was educated at De La Salle College and Melbourne University.^[2] He took a BA with a major in English and later an MA on Henry Lawson under the direction of Vincent Buckley. After teaching in various schools in the 1950s and 1960s, he moved to Adelaide in 1967 to work at Bedford Park Teachers' College, but soon joined the new English Department at Flinders University. He taught English and Australian literature (and in later years, solely the latter) until the early 1990s at Flinders. He was a frequent visitor to Italy, where he taught Australian literature, and spent 1974 at Exeter University. In 1986 he held a Fulbright Fellowship and taught at the University of Oregon.

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