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'''Andrew Riemer''' (1936-2020) was an Australian literary critic and author, for three decades the book reviewer of the [[Sydney Morning Herald]]. <ref>https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/one-of-the-best-book-reviewer-academic-and-author-andrew-riemer-dies-20200608-p550f3.html</ref> <ref>https://www.smh.com.au/national/admired-academic-and-author-became-herald-s-chief-book-reviewer-20200612-p5521h.html</ref> Born in Budapest, he moved to Sydney at age 11. He lectured in English at the University of Sydney and later won widespread recognition for his non-fiction and literary criticism, including the [[Pascall Prize]] for critical writing in 1999 <ref>https://www.mup.com.au/authors/andrew-riemer</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A. P. Riemer {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18996 |website=www.austlit.edu.au |access-date=19 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Andrew Peter Riemer''' (29 February 1936 – 5 June 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-13|title=Andrew Peter Riemer – Death Notice|url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/131347/andrew-peter-riemer/?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/search/?Query=Andrew%20Peter%20Riemer|access-date=2021-09-20|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> was an Australian literary critic and author, for three decades the book reviewer of the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wyndham |first1=Susan |title=Admired academic and author became Herald's chief book reviewer |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/admired-academic-and-author-became-herald-s-chief-book-reviewer-20200612-p5521h.html |access-date=19 September 2021 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

Born in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], he moved to Sydney with his family in 1947 at the age of eleven. From 1963 he lectured in English at the [[University of Sydney]] for nearly three decades. Although he was a "fine teacher", he experienced a "sense of estrangement from academic life" due to the changes occurring on Sydney's campus and in his English department in those years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kembrey |first1=Melanie |title='One of the best': book reviewer, academic and author Andrew Riemer dies |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/one-of-the-best-book-reviewer-academic-and-author-andrew-riemer-dies-20200608-p550f3.html |access-date=19 September 2021 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Alan Barcan, [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Student+activists+at+Sydney+University+1960-1967%3A+a+problem+of...-a0164112253 Student activists at Sydney University 1960-1967: a problem of interpretation], ''History of Education Review'', thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.</ref><ref>Jane Grant, [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goldberg-samuel-louis-sam-425 Samuel Louis (Sam) Goldberg (1926–1991)], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 17 October 2024.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220312232801/https://www.humanities.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WILKES-Final.pdf Gerald Wilkes FAHA, 1927-2020], humanities.org. Retrieved 17 October 2024.</ref> He won widespread recognition for his non-fiction and literary criticism, including the [[Pascall Prize]] for critical writing in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Riemer |url=https://www.mup.com.au/authors/andrew-riemer |website=Melbourne University Publishing |access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A. P. Riemer {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18996 |website=www.austlit.edu.au |access-date=19 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Books by Andrew Riemer==
* ''Inside Outside: Life Between Two Worlds'', North Ryde: Angus and Robertson, 1992 - autobiography
* ''The Habsburg Cafe'', Pymble: Angus and Robertson, 1993 - autobiography and travel
* ''The Demidenko Debate'', St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1996 - criticism
* ''Sandstone Gothic: Confessions of an Accidental Academic'', St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1998 - autobiography<ref>Stephen Knight, [https://australianhumanitiesreview.org/1998/09/01/andrew-riemers-sandstone-gothic-confessions-of-an-accidental-academic/ "Andrew Riemer’s Sandstone Gothic: Confessions of an Accidental Academic]" (review), australianhumanitiesreview.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.</ref><ref>John Wiltshire, [https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/uploads/File/pdf/EurekaStreetClassic/Vol8No10.pdf "Fault Lines"] (review), ''[[Eureka Street (magazine)|Eureka Street]]'', Vol. 8, no. 10, December 1998, pages 8-41. Retrieved 13 October 2024.</ref>
* ''A Family History of Smoking'', Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2008 - autobiography


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Latest revision as of 20:47, 16 October 2024

Andrew Peter Riemer (29 February 1936 – 5 June 2020)[1] was an Australian literary critic and author, for three decades the book reviewer of the Sydney Morning Herald.[2]

Born in Budapest, Hungary, he moved to Sydney with his family in 1947 at the age of eleven. From 1963 he lectured in English at the University of Sydney for nearly three decades. Although he was a "fine teacher", he experienced a "sense of estrangement from academic life" due to the changes occurring on Sydney's campus and in his English department in those years.[3][4][5][6] He won widespread recognition for his non-fiction and literary criticism, including the Pascall Prize for critical writing in 1999.[7][8]

Books by Andrew Riemer

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  • Inside Outside: Life Between Two Worlds, North Ryde: Angus and Robertson, 1992 - autobiography
  • The Habsburg Cafe, Pymble: Angus and Robertson, 1993 - autobiography and travel
  • The Demidenko Debate, St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1996 - criticism
  • Sandstone Gothic: Confessions of an Accidental Academic, St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1998 - autobiography[9][10]
  • A Family History of Smoking, Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2008 - autobiography

References

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  1. ^ "Andrew Peter Riemer – Death Notice". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ Wyndham, Susan (12 June 2020). "Admired academic and author became Herald's chief book reviewer". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ Kembrey, Melanie (8 June 2020). "'One of the best': book reviewer, academic and author Andrew Riemer dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ Alan Barcan, Student activists at Sydney University 1960-1967: a problem of interpretation, History of Education Review, thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. ^ Jane Grant, Samuel Louis (Sam) Goldberg (1926–1991), Australian Dictionary of Biography, adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. ^ Gerald Wilkes FAHA, 1927-2020, humanities.org. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Andrew Riemer". Melbourne University Publishing. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  8. ^ "A. P. Riemer | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  9. ^ Stephen Knight, "Andrew Riemer’s Sandstone Gothic: Confessions of an Accidental Academic" (review), australianhumanitiesreview.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  10. ^ John Wiltshire, "Fault Lines" (review), Eureka Street, Vol. 8, no. 10, December 1998, pages 8-41. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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