Quadrant (magazine)
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| Type | Monthly journal |
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| Format | Magazine |
| Owner(s) | Quadrant Magazine Ltd. |
| Editor | John O'Sullivan |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.quadrant.org.au |
Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal. Quadrant reviews literature, as well as featuring essays on ideas and topics such as politics, history, universities, and the arts. It also publishes poetry and short stories.
Contents
History
The magazine was founded in 1956[1] by Richard Krygier, a Polish-Jewish refugee who had been active in social-democrat politics in Europe and James McAuley, a Catholic poet, famous for the anti-modernist Ern Malley hoax. It was an initiative of the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, the Australian arm of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an anti-communist advocacy group funded by the CIA.[2]
It has had many notable contributors including Les Murray, who has been its literary editor since 1990, Christopher Koch, Patrick O'Brien, Frank Knopfelmacher, A. D. Hope, Heinz Arndt, Greg Sheridan, Sharon Olds, Barry Humphries, Peter Coleman, Roger Sandall, Tom Switzer, Peter Kocan, Andrew Lansdown, Joe Dolce, Clive James, George Pell, Hal Colebatch, Roger Scruton, Douglas Murray and Anthony Daniels, as well as several Labor and Liberal political figures (including John Howard, Tony Abbott, Mark Latham and John Wheeldon).
The magazine holds a conservative stance on political and social issues.[3]
In March 2008 the magazine was describing itself as sceptical of 'unthinking Leftism, or political correctness, and its "smelly little orthodoxies"'.[4]
Editors
| Order | Period | Editor | Background / comments |
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| 1. | 1956–1967 | James McAuley | Catholic poet |
| 2. | 1967–1988 | Peter Coleman | Writer, journalist, and former New South Wales and Federal Liberal politician |
| 3. | 1988–1989 | Roger Sandall | Writer, anthropologist, Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney |
| 4. | 1990–1997 | Robert Manne | Lecturer at La Trobe University; resigned after repeated disputes with the magazine's editorial board[5] |
| 5. | 1997–2007 | Paddy McGuinness | Journalist and self-described contrarian |
| 6. | 2008–2015 | Keith Windschuttle[6] | Writer and historian |
| 7. | 2015– | John O'Sullivan[7] | Political advisor and editor |
Management structure
Editorial staff
- Chair of the board and editor-in-chief: Keith Windschuttle[7]
- Editor Quadrant magazine: John O'Sullivan[7]
- Editor, Quadrant Online: Roger Franklin
- Literary Editor: Les Murray
- Deputy Editor: George Thomas
See also
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External links
- Quadrant magazine
- CIA as Culture Vultures, an essay by Cassandra Pybus, Jacket Magazine, No. 12, July 2000, as an extract from her non-fictional account of the life of James McAuley (see additional reading below)
- Quadrant's 50th anniversary - ABC Radio National Counterpoint 2006 feature interview with Martin Krygier (former Quadrant Director and son of founder), Dame Leonie Kramer AC DBE (former Quadrant Chair), and Paddy McGuinness: transcript located here.
Additional reading
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