1971 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1971.

Contents

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Science fiction and fantasy

Poetry

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [1] Colin Badger
Colin Roderick Award [2] Geoffrey Serle The Rush to be Rich Melbourne University Press
Miles Franklin Award [3] David Ireland The Unknown Industrial Prisoner Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers [4] Ivan Southall Bread and Honey Angus and Robertson
Picture Book [4] A. B. Paterson, illustrated by Desmond DigbyWaltzing Matilda Collins

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Judith Wright [5] Collected Poems, 1942-1970 Angus and Robertson
James McAuley [6] Collected Poems 1936-1970 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 1971 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 1971 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

Unknown date

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References

  1. "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
  3. "Award", The Canberra Times, 29 March 1972, p3
  4. 1 2 "1971 Awards", The Canberra Times, 10 July 1971, p15
  5. Austlit - Collected Poems, 1942-1970 by Judith Wright
  6. Austlit - Collected Poems 1936-1970 by James McAuley
  7. "Richard Harry Graves". Austlit. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  8. "Clune, Francis Patrick (Frank) (1893–1971) by Julian Croft". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. "Greig, Maysie Coucher (1901–1971) by Martha Rutledge". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  10. "Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901–1971) by Dennis Haskell". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  11. "Bridges, Hilda Maggie (1881–1971) by J. C. Horner". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  12. "Minnie Agnes May Filson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. "Austlit — G. C. Bleeck". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.