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A. P. Riemer A. P. Riemer i(A18996 works by) (a.k.a. Andrew P. Riemer; Andrew Riemer)
Born: Established: 28 Feb 1936 Budapest,
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Hungary,
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Eastern Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 5 Jun 2020
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1947
Heritage: Hungarian
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1 Cloud Cuckoo Land Pastoral A. P. Riemer , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2017;
'The shortlist for the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction included works by two world-famous writers, winners of an impressive array of local and international literary prizes. Yet neither Summertime, the third instalment of J.M. Coetzee’s fictionalised autobiography, nor Ransom, David Malouf’s radiant retelling of an episode from the Trojan War, won the award. The prize went to a lesser-known writer, Eva Hornung (formerly Eva Sallis) for a strange and strangely disturbing fable, Dog Boy, set in a decaying city haunted by feral creatures – both human and animal – which comes to be revealed in the course of the novel as present-day Moscow. Now, after a silence of some seven years, Hornung’s new novel reveals again her capacity to surprise, to follow a direction for which there is little precedent in her earlier work.' (Introduction)
1 A Writer at Ease in the World and on the Page A. P. Riemer , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 23-24 April 2016; (p. 26) The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 April 2016; (p. 26)

— Review of We Need Silence to Find Out What We Think : Selected Essays Shirley Hazzard , 2016 selected work essay
1 A Human Monument to Erudition A. P. Riemer , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 February 2016; (p. 38) The Saturday Age , 27-28 February 2016; (p. 30)

— Review of The Shock of Recognition : The Books and Music That Have Inspired Me Barry Jones , 2016 single work autobiography
1 They Wandered Lonely in a Crowd A. P. Riemer , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 September 2016; (p. 24) The Saturday Age , 18-19 September 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Inexperience and Other Stories Anthony Macris , 2016 selected work short story
1 There's a Sting in the Tale as Communal Calamity Looms A. P. Riemer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 August 2015; (p. 29) The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 August 2015; (p. 29)

— Review of The World Without Us Mireille Juchau , 2015 single work novel
1 When Worlds Collide Playing Happy Families until Three Separate Worlds Collide A. P. Riemer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 May 2015; (p. 15) The Saturday Age , 9-10 May 2015; (p. 29)

— Review of The Wonder Lover Malcolm Knox , 2015 single work novel
1 With Adam and Noah to the End of Time Branching into Future Shock A. P. Riemer , 2015 single work
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 30-31) The Canberra Times , 14 February 2015; (p. 25) The Age , 14 February 2015; (p. 24)

— Review of Clade James Bradley , 2015 single work novel
1 Prejudices Raise Hard Questions A. P. Riemer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 January 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of The Best Australian Poems 2014 2014 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Essays 2014 2014 anthology criticism essay
1 A Poetic Champion Composes A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 March 2014; (p. 30-31) The Sunday Age , 29 March 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
1 Clive James Rescues Poems from Theory and Fashion A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 December 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Poetry Notebook 2006-2014 Clive James , 2014 selected work essay
1 Good Ways to Be Old : Dessaix Looks Back A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 December 2014; (p. 41) The Saturday Age , 6-7 December 2014; (p. 33)

— Review of What Days Are For Robert Dessaix , 2014 single work autobiography
1 A Fragmentary Collection That Fails to Maintain Focus A Fragmentary Collection Echoes Chinese Whispers A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2014; (p. 29) The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 November 2014; (p. 37)

— Review of Bapo Nicholas Jose , 2014 selected work short story
1 The World That Conspires Against the Older Artist A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 July 2014; (p. 31) The Age , 26 July 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Hergesheimer in the Present Tense Morris Lurie , 2014 selected work short story
1 Long Wait for the Return of a Great Writer Follow-Up Fable Takes its Rightful Place A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work
— Appears in: The Age , 31 May 2014; (p. 30) The Canberra Times , 31 May 2014; (p. 22)

— Review of In Certain Circles Elizabeth Harrower , 2014 single work novel
1 The Australian Dream Revisited A. P. Riemer , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 March 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 16 March 2013; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 16 March 2013; (p. 21)
'A valuable literary venture from one of our leading novelists is revised and republished.
1 Smoke Signals A. P. Riemer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 February 2013; (p. 27)

— Review of Belomor Nicolas Rothwell , 2013 single work prose
1 Gospel According to David A. P. Riemer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 March 2013; (p. 30) The Canberra Times , 2 March 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of The Childhood of Jesus J. M. Coetzee , 2013 single work novel
1 Cross Currents of Cultures A. P. Riemer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 February 2013; (p. 24)

— Review of Belomor Nicolas Rothwell , 2013 single work prose
1 Fragments from the Far Frontiers A. P. Riemer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 February 2013; (p. 31)

— Review of Belomor Nicolas Rothwell , 2013 single work prose
1 A Trilogy of Collections : Anthologies A. P. Riemer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 2013; (p. 23)

— Review of The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Essays 2013 2013 anthology criticism essay ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story
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