1957 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1957.

Contents

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Plays

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [32] Martin Boyd A Difficult Young Man Cresset Press
Miles Franklin Award [33] Patrick White Voss Eyre & Spottiswoode

Children's and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award [34] Older Readers Enid Moodie Heddle, illustrated by Nancy Parker The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales Longmans Green

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [35] Leonard Mann Elegiac and Other PoemsHalstead Press

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1957 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 1957 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

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References

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  3. ↑ "Austlit - One-a-Pecker, Two-a-Pecker by Ruth Park". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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  7. ↑ ""A Man's World" by John Morrison". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Rainbow Bird and Other Stories by Vance Palmer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sandy's Selection and Back At Our Selection by Steele Rudd". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Scholarly Mouse and Other Tales by Dal Stivens". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  11. ↑ ""The Knife" by Judah Waten". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  12. ↑ ""On the Balcony" by Patrick White". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  13. ↑ ""A Bottle of Tears" by Amy Witting". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "It Happened One Summer by Joan Phipson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "The Bunyip Hole by Patricia Wrightson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  16. ↑ ""On Frosty Days" by David Campbell". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  17. ↑ ""At the Circus" by Max Harris". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  18. ↑ ""The Death of Bert Sassenowsky" by Max Harris". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  20. ↑ ""Panther and Peacock" by Gwen Harwood". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times edited by Nancy Keesing & Douglas Stewart". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  22. ↑ "Selected Poems of Henry Kendall by Henry Kendall & T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  23. ↑ "Three Elegies by Jack Lindsay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  24. ↑ ""Aubade" by James McAuley". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  25. ↑ "Elegiac and Other Poems by Leonard Mann". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  26. ↑ ""I Wouldn't be Lord Mayor" by Ian Mudie". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  27. ↑ "Poems by Kenneth Slessor". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  29. ↑ "Act One : Poems by Randolph Stow". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  30. ↑ ""Bert Schultz" by Colin Thiele". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  31. ↑ "New Land, New Language : An Anthology of Australian Verse edited by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  32. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  33. ↑ "Novel Wins £500 Prize". The Canberra Times, 3 April 1958. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  34. ↑ Austlit - The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle
  35. ↑ Austlit - Elegiac and Other Poems by Leonard Mann
  36. ↑ "Austlit - Kim Scott". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  37. ↑ "Austlit - Hannie Rayson". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  38. ↑ "Austlit - Sara Douglass (1957-2011)". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  39. ↑ "Austlit - Liam Davison (1975-2014)". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  40. ↑ "Austlit - Michelle de Kretser". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  41. ↑ "Austlit - Tony Birch". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  42. ↑ "Austlit - Anthony Lawrence". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  43. ↑ "Austlit - Lucy Sussex". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  44. ↑ "Austlit - Brenda Walker". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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  46. ↑ "Lawson, William (Will) (1876–1957) by Elizabeth Webby". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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