1969 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.
Major publications
Books
- Mena Calthorpe – The Defectors
- Jon Cleary – Remember Jack Hoxie
- Dymphna Cusack – The Half-Burnt Tree
- Sumner Locke Elliott – Edens Lost
- George Johnston – Clean Straw for Nothing
- Thomas Keneally – The Survivor
- D'Arcy Niland – Dead Men Running
Short stories
- Manning Clark – Disquiet and Other Stories
- Lyndall Hadow – Full Cycle and Other Stories
- T. A. G. Hungerford– "Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox"
- Frank Moorhouse – Futility and Other Animals
- Dal Stivens – Selected Stories 1936-1968
Children's and young adult fiction
- Hesba Brinsmead– Isle of the Sea Horse
- Joan Phipson – Peter and Butch
- Ivan Southall – Finn's Folly
- Eleanor Spence – Jamberoo Road
- Colin Thiele – Blue Fin
Poetry
- Bruce Beaver – Letters to Live Poets
- Gwen Harwood
- "Barn Owl"
- "Father and Child"
- A. D. Hope – New Poems 1956-1969
- James McAuley – Surprises of the Sun
- David Malouf – "The Year of the Foxes"
- Les Murray – The Weatherboard Cathedral
- Thomas Shapcott – Inwards to the Sun : Poems
- Randolph Stow – A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems
Plays
- Dorothy Hewett - Mrs Porter and the Angel
Awards and honours
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[1] | No award | ||
| Colin Roderick Award[2] | Francis Webb | Collected Poems | Angus and Robertson
|
| Miles Franklin Award[3] | George Johnston | Clean Straw for Nothing | Collins |
Children and young adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[4] | Margaret Balderson | When Jays Fly to Barbmo | Oxford University Press |
| Picture Book[4] | Ivan Southall, illustrated by Ted Greenwood | Sly Old Wardrobe | Cheshire |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[5] | Randolph Stow | A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems | Angus and 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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 1 April – Larissa Behrendt, novelist and academic
- 23 October – Trudi Canavan, novelist
Unknown date
- Tegan Bennett Daylight, novelist[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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 2 February — William Hatfield, novelist (born 1892)[7]
- 8 July – Charmian Clift, novelist (born 1923)[8]
- 12 July — Henry George Lamond, novelist (born 1885)[9]
- 4 September – Emily Bulcock, poet and journalist (born 1877)[10]
- 2 October – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (born 1883)[11]
- 11 October – Marie Bjelke Petersen, novelist (born 1874)[12]
- 21 November – Norman Lindsay, novelist and artist (born 1879)[13]
- 27 November – May Gibbs, writer for children (born 1877)[14]
Unknown date
- Kathleen Dalziel, poet (born 1881)[15]
See also
- 1969 in Australia
- 1969 in literature
- 1969 in poetry
- List of years in Australian literature
- List of years in literature
References
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
- ^ "Author Wins $1,000 Award", The Canberra Times, 15 April 1970, p3
- ^ a b ""Book Council Award Winners"". The Canberra Times, 12 July 1969, p16. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Austlit - A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems by Randolph Stow
- ^ "Tegan Bennett Daylight". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Hatfield, William (1892–1969) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Clift, Charmian (1923–1969) by Nadia Wheatley". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Lamond, Henry George (1885–1969) by Nancy Bonnin". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Bulcock, Emily Hemans (1877–1969) by Marjorie Puregger". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Prichard, Katharine Susannah (1883–1969) by John Hay". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Bjelke-Petersen, Marie Caroline (1874–1969) by Margaret Weidenhofer". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Lindsay, Norman Alfred (1879–1969) by Bernard Smith". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Gibbs, Cecilia May (1877–1969) by Maureen Walsh". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Kathleen Dalziel". Austlit. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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