Agent TypePersonPlace of BirthWoodend, VictoriaActivities & OccupationsEditorsCriticsHistoryLiterary critic and editor Helen Daniel was born in Woodend, Victoria, on July 6, 1946. She completed her secondary education at Camberwell High School and gained an arts degree at the University of Melbourne. After teaching in Victorian secondary schools for ten years, she returned to the University of Melbourne to study for a PhD in Australian fiction, which was conferred in 1980. She began to write book reviews for The Age in the early 1980s, during which period she also ran a second-hand bookshop in Fitzroy. Her career as a critic and passionate champion of Australian literature steadily grew and she published three works of criticism and several anthologies. Daniel entered the most public phase of her career when she was appointed editor of the 'Australian Book Review' in 1994, a post she held until her sudden death on October 16, 2000.
Dates
Date6 July 1946-16 October 2000
Names
Given NameHelenFamily NameDaniel
Daniel, Helen (6 July 1946-16 October 2000). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 07/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/60006
