1957 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1957.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Plays

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[8] Martin Boyd A Difficult Young Man Cresset Press
Miles Franklin Award[9] Patrick White Voss Eyre & Spottiswoode

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[10] Older Readers Enid Moodie Heddle, illustrated by Nancy Parker The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales Longmans Green

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[11] Leonard Mann Elegiac and Other Poems Halstead 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 1957 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 1957 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. "Austlit - I Wish He Would Not Die by James Aldridge". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. "Austlit - Down in the City by Elizabeth Harrower". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. "Austlit - Seedtime by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  4. "Austlit - One-a-Pecker, Two-a-Pecker by Ruth Park". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  5. "Austlit - The Bystander by Randolph Stow". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. "Austlit - The Bushman Who Came Back by Arthur Upfield". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. "Austlit - Shares in Murder by Judah Waten". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. Austlit - A Difficult Young Man by Martin Boyd
  9. "Novel Wins £500 Prize". The Canberra Times, 3 April 1958. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. Austlit - The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle
  11. Austlit - Elegiac and Other Poems by Leonard Mann
  12. "Austlit - Kim Scott". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. "Austlit - Hannie Rayson". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  14. "Austlit - Sara Douglass". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  15. "Austlit - Liam Davison". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  16. "Austlit - Michelle de Kretser". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  17. "Austlit - Tony Birch". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  18. "Austlit - Anthony Lawrence". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  19. "Austlit - Lucy Sussex". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  20. "Austlit - Brenda Walker". Austlit. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  21. "Cottrell, Ida Dorothy Ottley (1902–1957) by Martha Rutledge and Barbara Ross". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  22. "Lawson, William (Will) (1876–1957) by Elizabeth Webby". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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