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Charles Brasch

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Charles Brasch

Charles Brasch, the founder and first editor, aimed to make Landfall a forum for critical comment on life and culture in New Zealand. Under his scrupulous guidance the journal fostered serious criticism of both art and literature.

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Rebecca Rice and Mark Williams, Criticism and the arts – Critical approaches, 1930s to 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42925/charles-brasch (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rebecca Rice and Mark Williams, published 2 October 2013.