Judith Buckrich
Encyclopedia
Dr Judith Buckrich is a Melbourne
author and the Chair of the International PEN
Women Writers' Committee.
with her parents in 1958. She has returned to Hungary
several times and was working for the English language Daily News during the 1989 velvet revolution. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in Melbourne University’s Cultural Heritage Unit and a Consulting Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation.
She regularly speaks about her work on television and radio and gives talks at the National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Historical Society of Victoria and for many other organizations.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
author and the Chair of the International PEN
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
Women Writers' Committee.
Life
She emigrated to AustraliaAustralia
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with her parents in 1958. She has returned to Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
several times and was working for the English language Daily News during the 1989 velvet revolution. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in Melbourne University’s Cultural Heritage Unit and a Consulting Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation.
Work
She has several entries in the Encyclopedia of Melbourne, including those on Collins Street and St Kilda Road and was an image researcher for the project. In her other writing life she has written her own one woman shows, short stories, feature articles. She has taught writing at Deakin University. Judith is now researching the 150 year history of the Melbourne University Boat Club to be published in 2009. She is Vice-President of the Melbourne Centre of PEN.She regularly speaks about her work on television and radio and gives talks at the National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Historical Society of Victoria and for many other organizations.
List of published works
- Lighthouse on the Boulevard: A History of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind