1969 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.

Contents

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Plays

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [9] No award
Colin Roderick Award [10] Francis Webb Collected Poems Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award [11] George Johnston Clean Straw for Nothing Collins

Children and young adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers [12] Margaret Balderson When Jays Fly to Barbmo Oxford University Press
Picture Book [12] Ivan Southall, illustrated by Ted GreenwoodSly Old WardrobeCheshire

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [13] Randolph Stow A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems Angus and Robertson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1969 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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

Unknown date

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "The Defectors by Mena Calthorpe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Austlit — "Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox" by T. A. G. Hungerford". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Austlit — "Barn Owl" by Gwen Harwood". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Austlit — "Father and Child" by Gwen Harwood". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "New Poems, 1956-1969 by A. D. Hope". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Surprises of the Sun by James McAuley". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Austlit — "The Year of the Foxes" by David Malouf". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Inwards to the Sun : Poems by Thomas Shapcott". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ↑ ""Author Wins $1,000 Award"". The Canberra Times, 15 April 1970, p3. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. 1 2 ""Book Council Award Winners"". The Canberra Times, 12 July 1969, p16. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Austlit - A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems by Randolph Stow
  14. ↑ "Larissa Behrendt". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Trudi Canavan". Austlit. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Tegan Bennett Daylight". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  17. ↑ "Hatfield, William (1892–1969) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Clift, Charmian (1923–1969) by Nadia Wheatley". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Lamond, Henry George (1885–1969) by Nancy Bonnin". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "Bulcock, Emily Hemans (1877–1969) by Marjorie Puregger". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "Prichard, Katharine Susannah (1883–1969) by John Hay". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "Bjelke-Petersen, Marie Caroline (1874–1969) by Margaret Weidenhofer". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  23. ↑ "Lindsay, Norman Alfred (1879–1969) by Bernard Smith". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  24. ↑ "Gibbs, Cecilia May (1877–1969) by Maureen Walsh". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  25. ↑ "Kathleen Dalziel (1881-1969)". Austlit. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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