1974 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1974.

Events[]

• The Patrick White Award is presented for the first time. White used his 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize.^[1]

Major publications[]

Books[]

• James Aldridge – Mockery in Arms
• Jon Cleary – Peter's Pence
• Catherine Gaskin – The Property of a Gentleman
• David Ireland – Burn
• Thomas Keneally – Blood Red, Sister Rose
• Colleen McCullough – Tim
• Ronald McKie – The Mango Tree
• Gerald Murnane – Tamarisk Row
• Morris West – Harlequin
• Thea Astley - A Kindness Cup

Short stories[]

• Peter Carey – The Fat Man in History
• Frank Moorhouse – The Electrical Experience : A Discontinuous Narrative
• Patrick White – The Cockatoos : Shorter Novels and Stories

Science Fiction and Fantasy[]

• A. Bertram Chandler – The Bitter Pill
• Cherry Wilder – "The Ark of James Carlyle"

Children's and Young Adult fiction[]

• James Aldridge – The Marvellous Mongolian
• Mavis Thorpe Clark – The Sky is Free
• Ruth Park – Callie's Castle
• Joan Phipson – Helping Horse
• Colin Thiele
  • Albatross Two
  • Magpie Island

Poetry[]

• Bruce Beaver – Lauds and Plaints : Poems (1968-1972)
• Robert Gray – Creekwater Journal
• Clive James – Peregrine Prykke's Pilgrimage Through the London Literary World : A Tragedy in Heroic Couplets
• Jennifer Maiden – Tactics
• David Malouf – Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems
• Les Murray – Lunch and Counter Lunch

Drama[]

• Louis Nowra – The Death of Joe Orton
• David Williamson – The Department

Biography[]

• Ivan Southall – Fly West

Awards and honours[]

Lifetime achievement[]

Award	Author
Patrick White Award	Christina Stead

Literary[]

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[2]	David Malouf	Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems	University of Queensland Press
Colin Roderick Award[3]	David Malouf	Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems	University of Queensland Press
Miles Franklin Award[4]	Ronald McKie	The Mango Tree	Collins

Children and Young Adult[]

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers[5]	Patricia Wrightson	The Nargun and the Stars	Hutchinson
	Picture Book[5]	, illustrated by	The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek	Longman Young

Poetry[]

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[6]	David Malouf	Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems	University of Queensland Press

Births[]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1974 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 9 June — Anna Goldsworthy, writer, teacher and classical pianist
• 14 June — Scott Monk, author
• 2 July — Matthew Reilly, author

Unknown date

• Alyssa Brugman, author of fiction for young adults
• Shaun Tan, artist and author

Deaths[]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1974 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 7 January – Nan McDonald, writer for children (born 1921)
• 21 January – R. G. Howarth, poet and critic (born 1906)
• June – Eve Langley, novelist and poet (born 1904)

See also[]

• 1974 in literature
• 1974 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature
• 1974 in literature
• 1973 in Australian literature
• 1974 in Australia
• 1975 in Australian literature

References[]