This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1984.
Award | Author |
---|---|
Christopher Brennan Award [28] | Not awarded |
NSW Premier's Special Award [29] | Marjorie Barnard |
Patrick White Award [30] | Rosemary Dobson |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award [31] | Nicholas Hasluck | The Bellarmine Jug | Penguin |
ALS Gold Medal [32] | Les Murray | The People's Otherworld : Poems | Angus and Robertson |
Colin Roderick Award [33] | Alan Gould | The Man Who Stayed Below | Angus and Robertson |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Anne Elder Award [36] | Doris Brett | The Truth About Unicorns | Jacaranda Press |
Max Richards | Under Mount Egmont and Other Poems | Neptune Press | |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [37] | Rosemary Dobson | The Three Fates and Other Poems | Hale and Iremonger |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [29] | Les Murray | The People's Otherworld : Poems | Angus & Robertson |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers [38] | Patricia Wrightson | A Little Fear | Hutchinson |
Picture Book [39] | Pamela Allen | Bertie and the Bear | Nelson Books | |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [29] | Young People's Literature | Mem Fox and Julie Vivas | Possum Magic | Omnibus Books |
Award | Category | Author | Title |
---|---|---|---|
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [29] | Script | Michael Jenkins | Careful, He Might Hear You |
Robert Caswell | Scales of Justice | ||
Play | Warwick Moss | Down an Alley Filled with Cats | |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award [31] | John Rickard | H.B. Higgins: The Rebel and Judge | Allen and Unwin |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [29] | Sylvia Lawson | The Archibald Paradox | Allen Lane |
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1984 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.