Michael Shmith
Michael Shmith (born 7 July 1949) is an Australian journalist and writer.
Shmith is the son of Athol Shmith and his wife Patricia "Bambi" née Tuckwell (they later divorced).[1] He worked at The Age newspaper in Melbourne from 1981 until 1995, when he became communications director for the Australian Ballet.[2] Shmith was then a senior writer for The Age[3] and its arts editor from 1985 to 1993. From 2010 to 2017 he was the paper's opera critic. He resigned from that position in August 2017 over a disagreement with The Age's arts editor Hannah Francis about the paper's dwindling coverage of the arts.[4] Since then, he writes reviews for the Australian Book Review.[5]
He edited the 1999 Ebury Publishing edition of The New Pocket Kobbé's Opera Book with his stepfather George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood.[6] Shmith's 2019 book, Cranlana: The First 100 Years, described the garden and house of Sidney Myer and Merlyn Myer in Toorak, Melbourne.[7] His biography of Merlyn Myer, Merlyn, was published in 2021.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Michael Shmith (2012). "Louis Athol Shmith (1914–1990)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
- ^ "Authors 2009 – Michael Shmith". 2009 Festival Archive. Melbourne Writers Festival. August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Christopher Pearson (30 April 2011). "Wedding ban attracts immature reaction". The Australian. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Why I quit as opera critic of The Age" by Michael Shmith, Australian Book Review, 14 August 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2025. (subscription required)
- ^ "Michael Shmith", Australian Book Review Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "The New Pocket Kobbé's Opera Book / edited by the Earl of Harwood with Michael Shmith" (catalogue entry at National Library of Australia). Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Michael Shmith (2019). Cranlana: The First 100 Years. Hardie Grant Media. ISBN 9781743795859.
- ^ Michael Shmith (2021). Merlyn. Hardie Grant Media. ISBN 9781743798096.
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