1963 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1963.

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Biography

Non-fiction

  • Geoffrey BlaineyThe Rush That Never Ended : A History of Australian Mining

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] John Morrison Twenty-Three : Stories Australasian Book Society
Miles Franklin Award[2] Sumner Locke Elliott Careful, He Might Hear You Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[3] Joan Phipson The Family Conspiracy Constable
Picture Book No award

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] Ian Mudie The North-Bound Rider Rigby

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1963 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 1963 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. Austlit - Twenty-Three : Stories by John Morrison
  2. Austlit - Careful, He Might Hear You by Sumner Locke Elliott
  3. Austlit - The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson
  4. Austlit - The North-Bound Rider by Ian Mudie
  5. "Austlit - Garth Nix". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. "Austlit - Stan_Grant". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. "Austlit - Nick Earls". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  8. "Austlit - Catherine Jinks". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. "Austlit - John Kinsella". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  10. "Austlit - Mandy Sayer". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  11. "Ogilvie, William Henry (Will) (1869–1963) by Clement Semmler". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  12. "Cash, Deirdre (1924–1963) by James Griffin". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  13. "Bedford, Ruth Marjory (1882–1963) by Jane Connors". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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