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Joanna Mendelssohn Joanna Mendelssohn i(A25833 works by)
Born: Established: 1949 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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Mendelssohn worked in art galleries in Sydney and Newcastle. She started writing catalogue introductions, then books, and became a fulltime writer. She received Literature Board, Australia Council Fellowships in 1985 and 1987, and the 1992 George Munster Prize for Free-lance Journalism.

Mendelssohn wrote book reviews and features for the Sydney Morning Herald 1988-1995, also writing for the Bulletin and The Australian during that time.

Since 1999 she has been an Associate Professor at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW.

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