Peter Craven (born 1949 or 1950) is an Australian literary critic and

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writer.

Life and career

While enrolled for a

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at the

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, Craven met Michael Heyward with whom he founded '' Scripsi'', a literary magazine which was published from 1981 to 1994. Craven has written for ''

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'', ''

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'' and the '' Australian Literary Review''. His work has also appeared in ''Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing'', the ''Times Literary Supplement'' and ''

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''. Craven has been described as both a "literary hack" and "one of the most prolific, erudite and opinionated voices in Australian literary circles". In 2004 he was awarded the

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for Australian Critic of the Year. The legal academic Greg Craven is his younger brother.

Bibliography

Essays, reporting and other contributions

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List of contributions
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