1999 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1999.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Novels

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Science fiction and fantasy

Crime

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Christopher Brennan Award [13] Kevin Hart
Patrick White Award [14] Gerald Murnane

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [15] K. S. InglisSacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian LandscapeMiegunyah Press
ALS Gold Medal [16] Murray Bail Eucalyptus Random House
Colin Roderick Award [17] Christopher Koch Out of Ireland Doubleday
Nita Kibble Literary Award [18] Geraldine Brooks Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey From Down
Under to All Over		Anchor Books

Fiction

International

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize [19] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Murray Bail Eucalyptus Harvill Press
Best Overall NovelMurray BailEucalyptusHarvill Press

National

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [20] James Bradley The Deep Field Sceptre
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award [21] Hsu-Ming TeoLove and Vertigo Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award [22] Murray Bail Eucalyptus Random House

Crime and Mystery

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Ned Kelly Award [23]
Novel Peter Doyle Amaze Your Friends Random House
First novel Andrew Masterson The Last Days Picador
Lifetime Achievement Peter Corris

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Anne Elder Award [24] Not awarded
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [25] Not awarded
Mary Gilmore Award [26] Not awarded

Non-fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
National Biography Award [27] BiographyNot awarded

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1999 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

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  16. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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  22. ↑ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award : 1997-1999". Austlit. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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  25. ↑ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  26. ↑ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  27. ↑ ""National Biography Award – Past Winners"". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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