Iconic literary journal to close immediately on ‘financial grounds’
Mean JinThe literary magazine, which has been published since 1940 and financed by Melbourne University Press, will stop operations on Thursday.
A statement given by MUP said that the decision was given to “financial reasons ..
Meanjin will close on the literary scene after decades.Credit:
MUP President Professor Warren Bebbington said the last issue of the magazine will be published in December.
“This is a matter of deep regret for everyone in Melbourne University Press Mean Jin It has reached the 85th year of a distinguished history as a MUP edition in the last 17 years. ”
“The decision was made entirely for financial reasons, the Board was no longer appropriate to produce the ongoing magazine.
“Two part -time staff Mean Jin They weren’t included in the decision that led to being unnecessary this week. “
Mean Jin Helen Garner, Peter Carey, Michelle De Kretser, Alexis Wright and David Malouf for decades of the Australian literary scene for a while.
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