Bruce Harry Bennett AO FAHA (23 March 1941, Perth – 14 April 2012)[1] was an Australian specialist in Australian literary studies. A Rhodes Scholar, his professional career was spent largely at the University of Western Australia where he was also director of the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature.[2]
Awards and recognition
Bennett's biography of Peter Porter won the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for non-fiction.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1995[2] and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1993 for "service to education and to Australian literature".[3] He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001.[4]
Selected works
- Bruce, Bennett, ed. (1981). Cross Currents: Magazines and Newspapers in Australian Literature, Melbourne: Longman Cheshire.
- Bennett, Bruce (1991), Spirit in exile, Peter Porter and His Poetry, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-554970-6
- Bennett, Bruce; Strauss, Jennifer, eds. (1998). The Oxford Literary History of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553737-6.
- Bennett, Bruce (2002), Australian Short Fiction: A History, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3301-2
References
- ^ a b "Bruce Bennett". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b Eggert, Paul (2012). "Obituaries: Bruce Bennett" (PDF). The Australian Academy of the Humanities – Annual Report.
- ^ "Prof Bruce Harry Bennett". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Professor Bruce Bennett". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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