Donald Horne
| Donald Horne AO | |
|---|---|
| Born | Donald Richmond Horne 26 December 1921 Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Died | 8 September 2005 (aged 83) Sydney |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, social critic, and academic |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genre | non-fiction, fiction, social commentary, autobiography |
| Notable works | The Lucky Country (1964) |
| Spouse | Myfanwy Horne |
| Children | 2 |
Professor Donald Richmond Horne AO (26 December 1921 – 8 September 2005) was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals, from the 1960s until his death.
Horne was a prolific author who published three novels and more than twenty volumes of history, memoir and political and cultural analysis. He also edited The Bulletin, The Observer and Quadrant. His best known work was The Lucky Country (1964), an evaluation of Australian society that questioned many traditional attitudes: "Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck."
Donald Horne's early life was recounted in the first volume of his memoirs The Education of Young Donald (1967). He was born in Kogarah, Sydney and raised in Muswellbrook, where his father was a teacher at the local school, and Sydney. He enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 1939 and attended Canberra University College; however he never completed his undergraduate degree.
Horne began his career in journalism and worked for a number of Frank Packer's publications, first as a journalist for The Telegraph, then editor of the magazine Weekend, and later the periodical The Observer (1958–61). As editor of the flagship magazine The Bulletin (1961-2 and 1967–72), he removed the magazine's long standing motto "Australia for the White Man", an action in which he took great pride. He was co-editor of Quadrant magazine (1963–66).
Appointed as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales in 1973, Horne was promoted as a professor of political science in 1976, a member of the University Council between 1983–1986 and Chairman of the Faculty of Arts between 1982 and 1986, retiring as Emeritus Professor. Between 1992 and 1995, Horne served as Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
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