This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award [22] | Elizabeth Riddell |
Patrick White Award [23] | David Martin |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award [24] | David Marr | Patrick White : A Life | Jonathan Cape |
ALS Gold Medal [25] | Elizabeth Jolley | Cabin Fever | Viking |
Colin Roderick Award [26] | Joan Dugdale | Struggle of Memory | University of Queensland Press |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize [27] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | David Malouf | The Great World | Chatto & Windus |
Best Overall Novel | David Malouf | The Great World | Chatto & Windus | |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [28] | Not awarded | ||
Anne Elder Award [34] | Alison Croggon | This is the Stone | Penguin |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [35] | Les Murray | Dog Fox Field: Poems | Angus & Robertson |
Mary Gilmore Award [36] | Jean Kent | Vernadahs | Hale & Iremonger |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [31] | Jennifer Maiden | The Winter Baby | Angus & Robertson |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards [32] | Jennifer Maiden | The Winter Baby | Angus & Robertson |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Children's Book of the Year Award [37] | Older Readers | Gary Crew | Strange Objects | Heinemann |
Picture Book | Bob Graham | Greetings from Sandy Beach | Lothian | |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [31] | Young People's Literature | Gary Crew | Strange Objects | Heinemann |
Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction [32] | Gary Crew | Strange Objects | Heinemann |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Australian SF Achievement Award [38] | Best Australian Long Fiction | Terry Dowling | Rynosseros | Aphelion |
Best Australian Short Fiction | Sean McMullen | "While the Gate is Open" | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1990 | |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [28] | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year Award [24] | David Marr | Patrick White : A Life | Jonathan Cape |
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1991 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.