Donald Horne
Professor, Author
1921 – 2005
Who was Donald Horne?
Professor Donald Richmond Horne AO was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals, from the 1960s until his death.
Horne was a prolific author who published three novels and more than twenty volumes of history, memoir and political and cultural analysis. He also edited The Bulletin, The Observer and Quadrant. His best known work was The Lucky Country, an evaluation of Australian society that questioned many traditional attitudes: "Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck."
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1921
Kogarah - Also known as
- Professor Donald Horne
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- University of Sydney
- Employment
- University of New South Wales
- Died
- Sep 8, 2005
Sydney
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on July 23, 2013
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