1956 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1956.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Biography

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Not awarded

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[2] Patricia Wrightson, illustrated by Margaret Horder The Crooked Snake Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[3] Peggy Barnard, illustrated by Sheila Hawkins Wish and the Magic Nut John Sands

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] James McAuley A Vision of Ceremony 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 1956 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 1956 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. Austlit - The Crooked Snake by Patricia Wrightson
  3. Austlit - Wish and the Magic Nut by Peggy Barnard
  4. "Austlit — A Vision of Ceremony by James McAuley". Austlit. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. "Austlit — Tim Flannery". Austlit. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. "Austlit — Gig Ryan". Austlit. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. "Austlit — Judith Beveridge". Austlit. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. "Austlit — Susan Johnson". Austlit. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. "Collins, Cuthbert Quinlan Dale (1897–1956) by Stuart Sayers". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  10. "Fletcher, Jane Ada (1870–1956) by Leonard Wall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  11. "Thompson, Lilian Wattnall (Lil) (1867–1956) by Brenda Niall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  12. "Eldershaw, Flora Sydney (1897–1956) by Maryanne Dever". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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