1945 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1945.

Events

  • June – Ern Malley hoax: Australia's most celebrated literary hoax takes place when Angry Penguins is published with poems by the fictional Ern Malley. Poets James McAuley and Harold Stewart created the poems from lines of other published work and then sent them as the purported work of a recently deceased poet. The hoax is played on Max Harris, at this time a 22-year-old avant garde poet and critic who had started the modernist magazine Angry Penguins. Harris and his circle of literary friends agreed that a hitherto completely unknown modernist poet of great merit had come to light in suburban Australia. The Autumn 1944 edition of the magazine with the poems comes out in mid-1945 due to wartime printing delays with cover illustration by Sidney Nolan. An Australian newspaper uncovers the hoax within weeks. McAuley and Stewart loved early Modernist poets but despise later modernism and especially the well-funded Angry Penguins and are jealous of Harris's precocious success.[1]

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal Not awarded

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1945 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 1945 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. Heyward, Michael (1993). The Ern Malley Affair. University of Queensland Press.
  2. "G. B. Lancaster". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  3. "Hay, William Gosse (1875–1945) by I. D. Muecke". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. "Jack Moses". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  5. "Norma L. Davis". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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