1965 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1965.

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Biography

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Patrick White The Burnt Ones Penguin Books Australia
Miles Franklin Award[2] Thea Astley The Slow Natives Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[3] H. F. Brinsmead Pastures of the Blue Crane Oxford University Press
Picture Book[3] Elisabeth MacIntyre Hugh's Zoo Constable Young Books

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] Geoffrey Lehmann & Les Murray The Ilex Tree Australian National University 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 1965 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 1965 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. Austlit – The Burnt Ones by Patrick White
  2. "Miles Franklin 1965 : Award to Slow Natives", The Canberra Times, 22 April 1966, p22
  3. "Children's Book Awards", The Canberra Times, 3 July 1965, p14
  4. Austlit – The Ilex Tree by Geoffrey Lehmann and Les Murray
  5. "Austlit — Melina Marchetta". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. "Austlit — Cat Sparks". Austlit. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. "Austlit — Gideon Haigh". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  8. "Austlit — Michael Farrell". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  9. "Austlit — Fiona McGregor". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  10. "Austlit — Carrie Tiffany". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  11. "Austlit — Christos Tsiolkas". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  12. "Austlit — Charlotte Wood". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  13. "Austlit — Gertrude Hart". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  14. "Jones, Thomas Henry (1921–1965) by Julian Croft". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  15. "Tritton, Harold Percy Croydon (1886–1965) by John Meredith". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  16. "Austlit — P. R. Stephensen". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  17. "Fitzpatrick, Brian Charles (1905–1965) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  18. "Banning, Arthur Alexander (Lex) (1921–1965) by Gavin Souter". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  19. "Evatt, Herbert Vere (Bert) (1894–1965) by G. C. Bolton". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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