This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1990.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award [28] | Not awarded |
Patrick White Award [29] | Robert Gray |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award [30] | Gwen Harwood | Blessed City | Angus and Robertson |
ALS Gold Medal [31] | Peter Porter | Possible Worlds | Oxford University Press |
Colin Roderick Award [32] | Roland Griffiths-Marsh | The Sixpenny Soldier | Angus and Robertson |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize [33] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Robert Drewe | The Bay of Contented Men | Picador |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [34] | Gwen Harwood | Bone Scan | Angus & Robertson |
Anne Elder Award [39] | Jean Kent | Vernadahs | Hale & Iremonger |
Barry Hill | Raft: Poems 1983-1990 | Penguin | |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [40] | Not awarded | ||
Mary Gilmore Award [41] | Kristopher Rassemussen | In the Name of the Father | False Frontiers |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction [38] | Diana Kidd | Onion Tears | Collins |
Award | Category | Author | Title |
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Victorian Premier's Literary Awards [38] | Drama | Sam Sejavka | The Hive |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [34] | John Bray | Satura | Wakefield Press |
The Age Book of the Year Award [30] | Gwen Harwood | Blessed City | Angus and Robertson |
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1990 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
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A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1990 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.