1960 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1960.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [1] William Hart-Smith Poems of Discovery Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award [2] Elizabeth O'Conner The Irishman Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award [3] Older Readers Kylie Tennant, illustrated by Clem Seale All the Proud Tribesmen Macmillan

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [4] Colin Thiele Man in a Landscape Rigby

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1960 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 1960 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

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References

  1. ↑ Austlit - Poems of Discovery by William Hart-Smith
  2. ↑ "When 'The Irishman' Came to Town", The Australian Women's Weekly, 29 March 1978, p11
  3. ↑ "Kylie Tennant Wins Book of the Year Award", The Canberra Times, 11 July 1960, p3
  4. ↑ Austlit - Man in a Landscape by Colin Thiele
  5. ↑ "Tim Winton". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Tim Winton". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pamela Freeman". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Margo Lanagan". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Fiona McIntosh". Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Norway, Nevil Shute (1899–1960) by Julian Croft". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Austlit - E. V. Timms". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Bonython, Sir John Lavington (1875–1960) by W. B. Pitcher". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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