Martin Victor Kennedy (1895–1952), known widely as Victor Kennedy, was an author, journalist and significant figure in Australian literature. Born in Eaglehawk near Bendigo on 11 August 1895 to Martin William and Mary Jane Kennedy (). Kennedy was a journalist for the ''Shepparton Advertiser'', after which he wrote for the ''Geraldton Guardian'' before becoming editor at the ''Geraldton Express''. He later moved to Queensland from 1926 to 1942 where he founded the literary periodical ''Northern Affairs''. A member of the ''

Bread and Cheese Club The Bread and Cheese Club was a Melbourne-based Australian art and literary society and publisher. It was founded in June 1938 with the purpose of fostering “Mateship, Art and Letters”. Its membership was all male. It promoted Australian wri ...

'', he was also president of the

Australian Literature Society The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) is an Australian organisation which promotes the creation and study of Australian literature and literary culture especially through the interaction of Australian writers with teacher ...

and Associate General Editor of the Jindyworobak Club. He started a biography of

Bernard O'Dowd Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (11 April 1866 – 1 September 1953) was an Australian poet, activist, lawyer, and journalist. He worked for the Victorian colonial and state governments for almost 50 years, first as an assistant librarian at the Supreme ...

, unfinished at his death but completed by writer

Nettie Palmer Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer (née Higgins) (18 August 1885 – 19 October 1964) was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary Gift Book which ...

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1895 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Australian male writers {{Australia-writer-stub

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