This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1994.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award [31] | Judith Rodriguez |
Patrick White Award [32] | Dimitris Tsaloumas |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award [33] | Peter Carey | The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith | University of Queensland Press |
ALS Gold Medal [34] | Louis Nowra | Radiance and The Temple | Currency Press |
Colin Roderick Award [35] | Patrick Buckridge | The Scandalous Penton: A Biography of Brian Penton | University of Queensland Press |
Nita Kibble Literary Award [36] | Marion Halligan | Lovers' Knots | Heinemann |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize [37] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | David Malouf | Remembering Babylon | Random House |
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Fotini Epanomitis | The Mule's Foal | Allen & Unwin | |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [38] | Andrew Lansdown | Between Glances | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
The Age Book of the Year Award [33] | Dorothy Porter | The Monkey's Mask | Hyland House |
Anne Elder Award [44] | Not awarded | ||
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [45] | Not awarded | ||
Mary Gilmore Award [46] | Deborah Staines | Now, Millenium | Spinifex Press |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [41] | Barry Hill | Ghosting William Buckley | Heinemann |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards [42] | Robert Gray | Certain Things | Heinemann |
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards [43] | Dorothy Hewett | Peninsula | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Children's Book of the Year Award [47] | Older Readers | Isobelle Carmody | The Gathering | Penguin Books |
Gary Crew | Angel's Gate | Heinemann | ||
Picture Book | Gary Crew & Peter Gouldthorpe | First Light | Lothian | |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [41] | Young People's Literature | Ursula Dubosarsky | The White Guinea Pig | Viking Books |
Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction [42] | Ursula Dubosarsky | The White Guinea-Pig | Viking Books |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Australian SF Achievement Award [48] | Best Australian Long Fiction | George Turner | The Destiny Makers | Morrow |
Best Australian Short Fiction | Leanne Frahm | "Catalyst" | Terror Australis | |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [38] | Susan Maushart | Sort of a Place Like Home: Remembering the Moore River Native Settlement | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
The Age Book of the Year Award [33] | Jim Davidson | Lyrebird Rising | Melbourne University Press |
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.