- Judith Buckrich
Dr Judith Buckrich (born 1950,
Budapest, Hungary ) is aMelbourne author and the Chair of theInternational PEN Women Writers' Committee.Life
She emigrated to
Australia with her parents in 1958. She has returned toHungary several times and was working for the English language Daily News during the 1989 velvet revolution. She is an Honorary Research Fellow inMelbourne 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
*cite book| last =Sussex| first =L | authorlink = | coauthors =J R Buckrich| title =She's Fantastical| publisher =Sybylla| date =1995 | location =Melbourne | pages = | url = http://worldcat.org/oclc/33952457&referer=brief_results| doi = | id = | isbn =9780908205127
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors =A Birkenbeil | title =Melbourne's Grand Boulevard: The Story of St. Kilda Road| publisher =State Library of Victoria| date =1996 | location =Melbourne, Vic | pages = | url = http://worldcat.org/oclc/38294812&referer=brief_results| doi = | id = | isbn =9780730679592
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =The Montefiore Homes : 150 years of care| publisher =Melbourne University Press | date =1998 | location =Carlton South, Vic | pages = | url = http://worldcat.org/oclc/40271134&referer=brief_results| doi = | id = | isbn =9780522848458
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =George Turner : a life | publisher =Melbourne University Press | date =1999 | location =Carlton South, Vic | pages = | url = http://worldcat.org/oclc/54857993&referer=brief_results | doi = | id = | isbn =9780522848403
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =The Long and Perilous Journey: A History of the Port of Melbourne| publisher =Melbourne Books | date =2002| location =Melbourne | pages = | url = http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/45122769| doi = | id = | isbn =9781877096006
*Lighthouse on the Boulevard: A History of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Lighthouse on the Boulevard: A History of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind| publisher =Australian Scholarly Publishing,| date =2004| location =Melbourne | pages = | url =http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?action=Display&mode=fulldisplay&target=freenbd&queryid=2&startPos=2| doi = | id = | isbn =1740970705
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors =K Dunstan; R Storey; M Strizic | title =Collins: Australia’s Premier Street| publisher =Arcadia/Australian Scholarly Publishing for the Collins Street Precinct| date =2005| location =Melbourne | pages = | url = http://worldcat.org/oclc/71293123&referer=brief_results| doi = | id = | isbn =9781740970570
*cite book| last =Buckrich | first =J R | authorlink = | coauthors =| title =Design for Living: A History of ‘Prahran Tech'| publisher =Prahran Mechanics' Institute Press| date =2007| location =Windsor, Vic.| pages = | url = http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41525482| doi = | id = | isbn =9780975600085References
*cite news | last =Webb | first =Carolyn | coauthors = | title =Recalling an era to see and be seen | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Age (Australia) | date =2005-10-20 | url =http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/recalling-an-era-to-see-and-be-seen/2005/10/19/1129401318453.html | accessdate =2008-02-01
External links
* [http://www.judithbuckrich.com Judith Buckrich's Website]
* [http://www.ipwwc.org IPWWC Website]
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