FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Robert dessaix - The Untold Story

Five Great Reads: Greenlanders on invasion, falling in love with the bush, and Alan Rickman tributes to make you cry

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16

The place that stayed with me: that afternoon in Orford, I belonged to the bush for the first time

It took Robert Dessaix many decades to appreciate Australia’s landscape, but when it finally happened, he felt forever changed

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14

‘Morocco made us innocent’: the many selves of Robert Dessaix

In an interview with The Paris Review, novelist Don DeLillo said, “I’m completely willing to let language press meaning upon me”. That’s not to say the sound of a sentence should be given priority over its meaning, but that meaning finds its full expression – is discovered – in the…

The Conversation · Apr 14, 2025

‘Happiness can be ignited by making something small infinite’: what makes me happy now

If the last few years have taught us anything, writes Robert Dessaix, it’s that happiness and sadness, even misery can go together

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2023

Award-winning Dessaix goes cold on Russia

Eminent author Robert Dessaix, this week recognised with an Australia Council award, feels deeply embarrassed by his lifelong love of all things Russian.

AAP · Aug 10, 2022