Clement Byrne Christesen (28 October 1911 – 28 June 2003) was the founder of the Australian literary magazine Meanjin.
[1] Clement Byrne Christesen was born and spent his early life in Townsville.
After leaving university, Christesen worked as a journalist at Brisbane's Courier-Mail and the Telegraph, as well as a publicity officer for the Queensland government.
[2] Christesen was founding editor of Meanjin Papers which was first published in 1940, following his return from overseas travel.
With an offer of full-time salary and commercial support for the publication, the magazine and its editor moved to the University of Melbourne in 1945.