1927 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1927.
Books
- Marie Bjelke-Petersen– The Moon Minstrel
- Bernard Cronin
- Red Dawson
- White Gold
- Zora Cross – Sons of the Seven Mile
- James Devaney – The Currency Lass : A Tale of the Convict Days
- Mabel Forrest
- Hibiscus Heart
- White Witches
- Mary Gaunt – Saul's Daughter
- Ion Idriess – Madman's Island
- Jack McLaren – The Chain
- Helen Simpson – Cups, Wands and Swords
- E. V. Timms
Short stories
- Jean Devanny – Old Savage and Other Stories
- Xavier Herbert – "The Atheist"
- Vernon Knowles – Silver Nutmegs
- Vance Palmer – "The Stump"
- Katharine Susannah Prichard
- "The Cooboo"
- "Happiness"
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- W. M. Fleming – The Hunted Piccaninnies
- Lilian Turner – Nina Comes Home
Poetry
- Mabel Forrest – Poems
- Mary Gilmore
- "The Tenancy"
- "Turn to Grass"
- Lesbia Harford
- "Lovers Parted"
- "This Way Only"
- Vernon Knowles – The Ripening Years
- John Shaw Neilson– New Poems
- Will H. Ogilvie– Hunting Rhymes
- R. H. Croll & Frank Wilmot– An Australasian Anthology : Australian and New Zealand Poems
- Kenneth Slessor – "Country Towns"
- Douglas Stewart – "Rock Carving"
- David McKee Wright – "From Dark Rosaleen"
- Judith Wright – "Trapped Dingo"
Biography
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1927 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 26 January – Grace Perry, poet, playwright and editor (died 1987)[1]
- 25 April – Peter Yeldham, playwright and novelist (died 2022)[2]
- 6 June – Alan Seymour, playwright (died 2015)[3]
- 24 August – David Ireland, novelist (died 2022)[4]
- 11 November – Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (died 2019)[5]
- 27 November – Lilith Norman, children's writer and editor (died 2017)[6]
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1927 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 31 March – John Bernard O'Hara, poet and schoolmaster (born 1862)[7]
- 15 April – Maybanke Anderson, author (born 1845)[8]
- 5 July – Lesbia Harford, poet (born 1891)[9]
- 15 August – George Gordon McCrae, poet (born 1833)[10]
- 31 August – Lillian Pyke, children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist (born 1881)[11]
- 13 November — James Chisholm, essayist and short story writer (born 1857)[12]
See also
- 1927 in Australia
- 1927 in literature
- 1927 in poetry
- List of years in Australian literature
- List of years in literature
References
- ^ "Perry, Grace Amelia". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ Yeldham, Perry (2022-10-24). "The scriptwriter whose life was like a movie". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "David Ireland". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ISBN 9780867880052.
- ^ "Lilith Norman". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "J. B. O'Hara". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Harford, Lesbia Venner (1891–1927) by Lesley Lamb". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "McCrae, George Gordon (1833–1927) by Norman Cowper". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Pyke, Lillian Maxwell (1881–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — James Chisholm". Austlit. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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