1950 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1950.

Contents

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Biography

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [1] Jon Cleary Just Let Me Be Werner Laurie

Children's and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award [2] Older Readers Alan J. Villiers, illustrated by Charles Pont Whalers of the Midnight Sun Angus and Robertson

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [3] Not awarded

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1950 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1950 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

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References

  1. The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature p129
  2. "New Book Wins Council Award", Truth, 30 June 1950, p44
  3. "Austlit — Grave Leven Poetry Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. "Peter Pierce". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  5. "John Forbes". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  6. "Nick Enright". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. "Airey, Peter (1865–1950) by Martin Sullivan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  8. "Cox, Erle (1873–1950) by Sally O'Neill". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.