Clement Semmler

Who is Clement Semmler?

Clement Semmler OBE, AM, was an author, reviewer and manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. His numerous literary works included The Banjo of the Bush — a study of the poet Banjo Paterson, who wrote Waltzing Matilda.

He wrote his memoirs, Pictures on the Margin, in 1991.

His last book review was published in Quadrant just after he died in August 2000. A note accompanying it says he "wrote more reviews for the magazine, over forty-three years, than anybody else".