| Peter Craven | |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
| Genre: | Literary criticism, cultural studies |
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| Relatives: | Greg Craven (brother) |
Peter Craven (born 1949 or 1950) is an Australian literary critic and cultural studies writer.[1]
While enrolled for a Master of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Craven met Michael Heyward with whom he founded Scripsi, a literary magazine which was published from 1981 to 1994. Craven has written for The Age, The Australian and the Australian Literary Review.[2] His work has also appeared in Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing, the Times Literary Supplement and London Review of Books.[3]
Craven has been described as both a "literary hack" and "one of the most prolific, erudite and opinionated voices in Australian literary circles".[4] In 2004 he was awarded the Pascall Prize for Australian Critic of the Year.
The legal academic Greg Craven is his younger brother.