Imre Salusinszky
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Imre Salusinszky in an Australia
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n journalist and English
English language
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 literature
Literature
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 academic with a strong literary interest in Northrop Frye
Northrop Frye
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, a Canadian poet.

Background and career

Born in Budapest
Budapest
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, Salusinszky was educated at Melbourne High School, the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
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, and Oxford University. He lectured at Yale University
Yale University
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 in the USA and at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
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, prior to taking up tenure as an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Newcastle
University of Newcastle, Australia
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. He started writing for The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review
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in 1994, and featured for several years on the Coodabeen Champions
Coodabeen Champions
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, on ABC Radio, as well as on Life Matters.

He was an editorial advisor for Quadrant
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, a conservative
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 literary and cultural journal, and is currently a political reporter and columnist for The Australian
The Australian
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, a conservative newspaper. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Literature Board of the Australia Council
Australia Council
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for a three-year term, amid criticism of right-wing political bias from former Australia Council Chair, Hilary McPhee.
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