1970 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1970.

Contents

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Science fiction and fantasy

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [1] Manning Clark
Colin Roderick Award [2] Margaret Lawrie Myths and Legends of Torres Strait University of Queensland Press
Miles Franklin Award [3] Dal Stivens A Horse of Air Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers [4] Annette Macarthur-OnslowUhuUre Smith
Picture Book [4] No award

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [5] Bruce Beaver Letters to Live Poets South Head 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 1970 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 1970 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

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References

  1. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
  3. ↑ "Award to Stivens", The Canberra Times, 25 March 1971, p3
  4. 1 2 "Judges' Awards", The Canberra Times, 11 July 1970, p16
  5. ↑ Austlit - Letters to Live Poets by Bruce Beaver
  6. ↑ "Ronald Campbell". Austlit. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Chauncy, Nancen Beryl (Nan) (1900–1970) by Berenice Eastman". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Davison, Frank Dalby (1893–1970) by Robert Darby". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "George Johnston (1790–1820) by A. T. Yarwood". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Murdoch, Sir Walter Logie (1874–1970) by Fred Alexander". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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