1994 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1994.
Events
- Rodney Hall (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for The Grisly Wife
Major publications
Novels
- Thea Astley — Coda
- Lily Brett — Just Like That[1]
- Peter Carey — The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith
- Richard Flanagan — Death of a River Guide
- Drusilla Modjeska — The Orchard[2]
- John A. Scott — What I Have Written[3]
- Tim Winton — The Riders
Short stories
- Marian Eldridge — The Wild Sweet Flowers[4]
- Lucy Sussex – The Lottery : Nine Science Fiction Stories (edited)[5]
Science fiction and fantasy
- Greg Egan — Permutation City
- Sean McMullen – Voices in the Light[6]
- George Turner – Genetic Soldier[7]
Crime and mystery
- Jon Cleary – Autumn Maze
- Peter Corris
- Marele Day – The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi[11]
- Garry Disher – Crosskill[12]
- Kerry Greenwood – Blood and Circuses[13]
- Nicholas Hasluck – A Grain of Truth[14]
- Barry Maitland – The Marx Sisters[15]
- Shane Maloney – Stiff[16]
- Dorothy Porter — The Monkey's Mask[17]
Children's and young adult fiction
- Pamela Allen — Clippity-Clop
- Gary Crew — The Watertower
- Mem Fox — Tough Boris
- Jackie French — Somewhere Around the Corner
Poetry
- Robert Adamson — Waving to Hart Crane[18]
- Bruce Beaver — Anima and Other Poems[19]
- Peter Boyle — Coming Home from the World[20]
- Dorothy Hewett — Peninsula[21]
- Rhyll McMaster — Flying the Coop: New and Selected Poems 1972-1994[22]
- Jan Owen — Night Rainbows[23]
Drama
- Beatrix Christian — Blue Murder
- Michael Gow — Sweet Phoebe
- Hannie Rayson — Falling From Grace[24]
- David Williamson — Sanctuary
Non-fiction
- John Birmingham — He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
- Gillian Bouras — Aphrodite and the Others[25]
- Robert Dessaix — A Mother's Disgrace[26]
- Tim Flannery — The Future Eaters
- Jan Ruff O'Herne — Fifty Years of Silence
- Susan Varga — Heddy and Me[27]
- Donna Williams — Somebody Somewhere
Awards and honours
- AO "for service to community history, particularly through the preservation of national traditions and folklore and recording of oral histories"[28]
- AO "for service to Australian literary scholarship and to education"[29]
- AM "for service to children's literature"[30]
- AM "for service to Australian literature, particularly in the area of poetry"[31]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[32] | Judith Rodriguez |
| Patrick White Award[33] | Dimitris Tsaloumas |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award[34]
|
Peter Carey | The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith | University of Queensland Press |
| ALS Gold Medal[35] | Louis Nowra | Radiance and The Temple | Currency Press |
| Colin Roderick Award[36] | Patrick Buckridge
|
The Scandalous Penton: A Biography of Brian Penton | University of Queensland Press |
Nita Kibble Literary Award[37]
|
Marion Halligan | Lovers' Knots | Heinemann |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[38]
|
Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | David Malouf | Remembering Babylon | Random House |
| Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Fotini Epanomitis | The Mule's Foal | Allen & Unwin |
National
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award[39]
|
Peter Carey | The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith | University of Queensland Press |
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[40] | Darren Williams | Swimming in Silk | Allen and Unwin
|
| Miles Franklin Award[41] | Rodney Hall | The Grisly Wife | Macmillan |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award[42] | Not awarded | ||
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[43] | Not awarded | ||
| Mary Gilmore Award[44] | Deborah Staines | Now, Millenium | Spinifex 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 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 18 April — Alexandra Adornetto, actress and author who writes for children and young adults[45]
- 25 June — Robbie Coburn, poet[46]
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 28 January — Frank Hardy, novelist, best known for Power Without Glory (born 1917)[47]
- 7 February — Rosemary Wighton, literary editor, author and advisor to the South Australian government on women's affairs (born 1925)[48]
- 29 May — Nene Gare, writer and artist, best known for The Fringe Dwellers (born 1919)[49]
- 7 September — James Clavell, novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war (born 1921)[50]
- 9 September — Hugh Atkinson (novelist), novelist, journalist, screenwriter and documentary film maker (born 1921)[51]
- 16 December — Mary Durack, author and historian (born 1913)[52]
See also
- 1994 in Australia
- 1994 in literature
- 1994 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References
- ^ "Just Like That by Lily Brett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "What I Have Written by John A. Scott". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Wild Sweet Flowers by". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Lottery : Nine Science Fiction Stories edited by Lucy Sussex". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Voices in the Light by Sean McMullen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Genetic Soldier by George Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Casino by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Get Even by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Time Trap by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi by Marele Day". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Crosskill by Garry Disher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "A Grain of Truth by Nicholas Hasluck". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Stiff by Shane Maloney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Waving to Hart Crane by Robert Adamson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Anima and Other Poems by Bruce Beaver". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Coming Home from the World by Peter Boyle". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Peninsula by Dorothy Hewett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Flying the Coop: New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 by Rhyll McMaster". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Night Rainbows by Jan Owen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Falling From Grace by Hannie Rayson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Aphrodite and the Others by Gillian Bouras". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "A Mother's Disgrace by Robert Dessaix". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Heddy and Me by Susan Varga". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Patricia Jean Adam-Smith, OBE". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Professor Laurence Thomas Hergenhan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Joan Margaret Phipson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Judith Catherine Rodriguez". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Age Book of the Year Award — 1992-1994". Austlit. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 1992-94". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1994". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Second Franklin 'transforms" the year for Hall". The Canberra Times, 31 May 1994, p3. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1992-94". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Alexandra Adornetto". Austlit. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Robbie Coburn". Austlit. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Francis Joseph (Frank) Hardy (1917–1994)by Paul Adams". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Rosemary Wighton (1925-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Nene Gare (1919-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — James Clavell (1921-1994)". Austlit. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Hugh Atkinson (1921-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Dame Mary Gertrude Durack (1913–1994) by Malcolm Allbrook". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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