1979 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1979.

Events[]

Major publications[]

Books[]

Short stories[]

  • Elizabeth Jolley – The Travelling Entertainer and Other Stories

Science Fiction and Fantasy[]

  • A. Bertram Chandler — Matilda's Stepchildren
  • Anne Spencer Parry — The Crown of Darkness

Children's and Young Adult fiction[]

Poetry[]

  • Robert Adamson Where I Come From
  • Rosemary Dobson and David Campbell – Seven Russian Poets
  • Robert Gray, Grass script
  • Jennifer Maiden, The Border Loss
  • Les Murray, The Boys Who Stole the Funeral
  • John Tranter:
    • Dazed in the Ladies Lounge
    • Editor, The New Australian Poetry (anthology)[1]
  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
    • The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers
    • Toil and Spin: Two Directions in Modern Poetry

Drama[]

  • Dorothy Hewett — The Man From Mukinupin
  • Louis Nowra:
    • The Lady of the Camellias
    • Visions

Non-fiction[]

Awards and honours[]

Order of Australia[]

Lifetime achievement[]

Award Author
Patrick White Award Randolph Stow[6]

Literary[]

Award Author Title Publisher
Colin Roderick Award Thea Astley[7] Hunting the Wild Pineapple Thomas Nelson
Miles Franklin Award David Ireland[8] A Woman of the Future Penguin Books

Children and Young Adult[]

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers [9] The Plum-Rain Scroll Hodder and Stoughton
Picture Book No award

Poetry[]

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry David Campbell[10] The Man in the Honeysuckle Angus & Robertson

Births[]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths[]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 29 July – David Campbell, poet (born 1915)
  • 6 March – Helen Palmer (publisher), socialist publisher (born 1917)
  • 6 June – Ion Idriess, writer (born 1889)
  • 13 August – F. J. Thwaites, novelist (born 1908)
  • 21 November – Marie Byles, travel writer and non-fiction writer (born 1900)
  • 8 December – Jennifer Rankin, poet and playwright (born 1941)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Australian Poetry" article, Anthologies section, p 108
  2. ^ "The Hon Dr John Jefferson Bray". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Nancy Florence Keesing (Mrs A.M. Hertzberg)". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Douglas Alexander Stewart, OBE". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Judah Leon Waten". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ^ Christenberry, Faye. "Library Guides: Australian Literary Awards: Patrick White". guides.lib.uw.edu. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Other Winners". www.jcu.edu.au. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Miles Franklin Literary Award – Every Winner Since 1957". Better Reading. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Previous Winners - CBCA". 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Barry Squires: (author/organisation) | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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