Adele Marilyn Horin (25 January 1951 – 21 November 2015)[1] was an Australian journalist. She retired in 2012 as a columnist and journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald.[2] A prolific and polarising writer on social issues,[3] she was described as "the paper's resident feminist".[4]
Adele Horin | |
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Born | Adele Marilyn Horin 25 January 1951 Perth, Western Australia |
Died | 21 November 2015 Sydney, New South Wales | (aged 64)
Occupation | Journalist and columnist |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Applecross Senior High School |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Notable awards | Walkley Award (1981) |
Born at St Anne's Hospital, Mt Lawley in 1951, Horin grew up in Applecross, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.[5][6] Educated at Applecross Primary School and Applecross Senior High School, she began her journalistic career as a cadet at The West Australian newspaper, while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree part-time at the University of Western Australia.[7]
Horin worked as a correspondent in New York, initially for The Australian Women's Weekly and Cleo magazines, and then for The Sydney Morning Herald.[7] She later worked in Washington, New York and London covering politics, society and economics for The National Times newspaper, considered in its day to be a pioneering exponent of investigative and social issues journalism.[8] In Australia, after a period with the ABC Radio National Life Matters programme she joined The Sydney Morning Herald.[7] She had a Saturday column on the paper's Comment page. Normally taking a left wing view point, Horin's writing usually dealt with social issues.[3]
In 2010 Stephanie Brown's portrait of Adele Horin was selected for the Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés.[9]
In her column on 25 August 2012, Horin announced her retirement from The Sydney Morning Herald "not to spend the day in a dressing gown but to think, write, participate, and to engage with my generation in a different way".[2]
On 15 November 2015, Horin announced via her blog the return of lung cancer, which had been treated aggressively the year before. She indicated she was too unwell to continue to write.[10] She died on 21 November 2015, aged 64.[11]