Imre Salusinszky Explained

Imre Salusinszky (born 1955) is an Australian journalist, political adviser and English literature academic^[1] who is currently media adviser to former Australian Government Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, Paul Fletcher.^[2]

Background and career

Born in Budapest, Salusinszky and his family came to Australia as refugees following the 1956 Hungarian uprising. He was educated at Melbourne High School, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Oxford, where he completed a DPhil in English literature.^[3] He lectured at Yale University and at the University of Melbourne,^[4] prior to taking up tenure as an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Newcastle. He started writing for The Australian Financial Review in 1994, and featured for several years on the Coodabeen Champions, on ABC Radio, as well as on Life Matters.^[3]

He was an editorial advisor for Quadrant, a political reporter and columnist for The Australian, and wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for a three-year term. Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions praised his appointment: "I think it's terrific," he said. "Fresh blood with a good knowledge of the industry." However, former Australia Council Chair, Hilary McPhee, criticised it as right-wing political bias.^[5] Salusinszky served as media adviser for former Premier of New South Wales, Mike Baird, from 2013 and 2017.

In 2019 Salusinsky published, The Hilton Bombing: Evan Pederick and the Ananda Marga, which denied the existence of evidence of a conspiracy and provided evidence that Pederick was responsible for the Sydney Hilton Bombing.^[6] It was shortlisted for the 2020 Nib Literary Award.^[7] In 2023, he was a visiting scholar at the ELTE School of English and American Studies.^[8]

Bibliography

• Book: Salusinszky, Imre . Criticism in society : interviews with Jacques Derrida, Northrop Frye, Harold Bloom, Geoffrey Hartman, Frank Kermode, Edward Said, Barbara Johnson, Frank Lentricchia and J. Hillis Miller . registration . London . Methuen . 1987 .
  • • Salusinszky, Imre . Oct 1995 . Thomas Keneally : my part in his downfall . Quadrant . 39 . 10 . 23–26 .
• Book: June 1996. vol. 23 no. 2. Visionary Frye. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature. 590–593. 0319-051X.
  • • • • • • Book: Salusinszky, Imre. The Hilton Bombing: Evan Pederick and the Ananda Marga. Melbourne University Press. 2019. 9780522875492. Melbourne, Australia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salusinszky, Imre . AustLit Database . 17 March 2007.
2. Web site: Media Release: Investing in Australia's national cultural institutions . Paul Fletcher media releases . 26 September 2020.
3. Web site: The Continuing Crisis . ABC Radio National . Australia . 6 October 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20011017031142/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/ccrisis/bios/bios.htm . 2 January 2011 . 17 October 2001 .
4. Web site: Council Members . About us . Australia Council . https://web.archive.org/web/20080214232115/https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/about_us/the_council/members/dr_imre_salusinszky/ . 2 January 2011 . 14 February 2008 .
5. News: Ziffer, Daniel . Steger, Jason . Grattan, Michelle . Arts body postings under fire . The Age . 17 June 2006 . 2 January 2011 . Michelle Grattan.
6. Web site: Salusinszky. Imre. September 29, 2019. Evan Pederick, the Ananda Marga, and the Sydney Hilton bombing. 22 June 2021. The Sydney Morning Herald.
7. Web site: 1 September 2020. Nib Literary Award 2020 shortlist announced. 1 September 2020. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
8. Web site: profile for Imre Salusinszky . 2023-06-07 . seas3.elte.hu.