1917 in Australian literature

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (November 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1917.

Books[]

• Barbara Baynton – Cobbers
• Randolph Bedford – The Silver Star
• Capel Boake – Painted Clay
• Mary Grant Bruce – Possum
• G. B. Lancaster – Fool Divine
• Henry Handel Richardson – Australia Felix
• Ethel Turner – Captain Cub

Short stories[]

• Vance Palmer – "Tobacco"
• A. B. Paterson – Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

Poetry[]

• Zora Cross – Songs of Love and Life
• C. J. Dennis
  • Doreen
  • The Glugs of Gosh
• Leon Gellert – Songs of a Campaign
• Mary Gilmore
  • "The Kiss"
  • "The Mother"
• Henry Lawson – "Scots of the Riverina"
• Furnley Maurice – "1916"
• A. B. Paterson – Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses

Births[]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1917 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 11 March – Nancy Cato, novelist and poet (died 2000)
• 21 March – Frank Hardy, novelist (died 1994)
• 25 March – Barbara Jefferis, novelist and dramatist (died 2004)
• 24 August – Ruth Park, novelist (died 2010)
• 28 August – Wilbur G. Howcroft, poet and writer for children (died 2004)
• 12 October – James McAuley, poet (died 1976)
• 17 October – Sumner Locke Elliott, novelist and dramatist (died 1991)
• 20 October – D'Arcy Niland, novelist (died 1967)
• 3 November – J. E. Macdonnell, novelist (died 2002)
• 22 November – Jon Cleary, novelist (died 2010)

Deaths[]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1917 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 18 October – Sumner Locke, novelist (born 1881)

See also[]

• 1917 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature
• 1917 in literature
• 1916 in Australian literature
• 1917 in Australia
• 1918 in Australian literature

References[]