Ivor Indyk
| Ivor Indyk | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Australian |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney (B.A.) University College London (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | literary academic, editor, publisher, professor |
| Relatives | Martin Indyk (brother) |
 Ivor Indyk, by Virginia Wallace-Crabbe (National Library of Australia |
Ivor Indyk is an Australian literary academic, editor and publisher. He is a professor at the University of Western Sydney, and the founding editor and publisher of award-winning literary imprint Giramondo Publishing and HEAT magazine.
Indyk undertook his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney, and received a PhD from University College London. He has previously taught at the University of Sydney and University of Newcastle; in the late 1970s, he lectured four years at the University of Geneva.[1] He was named the Whitlam Chair in Writing and Society at the University of Western Sydney in 2005.[2]
Indyk was co-editor of the literary periodical Southerly between 1989 and 1993, before founding the literary magazine HEAT in 1996. In 2001, he took a part-time appointment at the University of Newcastle to launch a new series of HEAT. In 1995, he founded Giramondo Publishing.[1]
Alongside many academic articles and newspaper reviews, Indyk was the author of a 1993 monograph on Australian writer David Malouf. The academic and diplomat Martin Indyk is his brother.
References
- 1 2 "Incandescent Ivor Indyk turns down the heat" by Miriam Cosic, The Australian (26 February 2011)
- ↑ Staff Directory: Professor Ivor Indyk at the University of Western Sydney
External links
- University of Western Sydney profile page
- Australian Literary Compendium profile
- Austlit profile (subscription required)