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Pascall Prize
for Critical Writing
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- 2004 Judges' Report
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- Peter Craven
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The
2004 Pascall Prize for the Critic of the Year is awarded to the
Melbourne-based writer Peter Craven.
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A
prolific reviewer, critic, columnist and essayist, and co-founder of
the literary journal Scripsi, Craven has been one of the most
influential figures in Australian literary and cultural life for
several decades.
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He began an English
degree at Monash University and later, at the age of 27, enrolled to
do an MA on James Joyce at the University of Melbourne. While
there, he met fellow student Michael Heyward, and they co-founded
the literary magazine Scripsi, which ran from 1981 to 1994.
Craven writes or has written about literature and culture (both
‘high’ and popular) for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
The Australian and numerous other publications, and is also
well known as the editor of collections of Australian essays and
short stories.
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Passionate in his commitment to literary art and exacting in his
judgments and discriminations, Craven reveals, throughout his work,
an unflagging independence of mind. While not at all unwilling to
engage in at times heated debate, and to challenge orthodoxies of
various kinds, Craven engages his readers through the eloquence of
his writing, often inspiring them to explore and delight in the
impressive array of subjects he has addressed in the course of a
distinguished career.
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2004 Judges:
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Mary Jo Capps (Convenor)
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Andrew Ford (Pascall
Prize, 1998)
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Noel Purdon (Pascall
Prize, 2002)
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Andrew Riemer (Pascall
Prize, 1999)
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Julie Rigg (Pascall
Prize, 2003)
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