1976 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1976.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Christopher Brennan Award [22] A. D. Hope
Patrick White Award [23] John Blight

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [24] A. D. Hope A Late Picking : Poems 1965-1974 Angus & Robertson
Hugh Stretton Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment Cambridge University Press
ALS Gold Medal [25] No award
Colin Roderick Award [26] Gavin Souter Lion and Kangaroo Collins

Fiction

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [24] A. D. Hope A Late Picking : Poems 1965-1974 Angus & Robertson
Miles Franklin Award [27] David Ireland The Glass Canoe Macmillan

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers [28] Ivan Southall Fly West Angus and Robertson
Picture Book [28] Dick Roughsey The Rainbow Serpent Collins

Science fiction and fantasy

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Australian SF Achievement Award [29] Best Australian Science Fiction A. Bertram Chandler The Big Black Mark DAW Books

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [30] John Blight Selected Poems 1939–1975Nelson

Non-fiction

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [24] Hugh Stretton Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment Cambridge University 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 1976 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

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Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1976 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

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