O'Hearn, Dinny J.

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Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - EnglishGenderMaleHistoryDinny O'Hearn was born on 14 March 1937, he matriculated from Christian Brothers School in 1953 and spent 6 years training to be a Christian Brother. He later completed his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts at the University of Melbourne. O'Hearn's initial appointment at the University of Melbourne was as an English Tutor, he then became the sub-dean of the Faculty of Arts a position he held for many years. Dinny was the founding executive officer of the Australian Centre which was opened in January 1989. He was a prolific writer and essayist and his work has been published in Overland, Scripsi and Meanjin. He died in 1993 at 56. Subsequently a D J O'Hearn Memorial Fellowship Fund was established for emerging Australian writers which is still active today

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O'Hearn, Dinny J.