Peter Craven | |
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Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Genre | Literary criticism, cultural studies |
Relatives | Greg Craven (brother) |
Peter Craven (born 1949 or 1950) [1] is an Australian literary critic and cultural studies writer. [2]
While enrolled for a Master of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Craven met Michael Heyward with whom he founded Scripsi, a literary magazine which was published from 1981 to 1994. [3] Craven has written for The Age, The Australian and the Australian Literary Review. [4] His work has also appeared in Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing, the Times Literary Supplement and London Review of Books. [3]
Craven has been described as both a "literary hack" and "one of the most prolific, erudite and opinionated voices in Australian literary circles". [1] In 2004 he was awarded the Pascall Prize for Australian Critic of the Year.
The legal academic Greg Craven is his younger brother. [1]