1966 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1966.

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry
Main article: 1966 in poetry

Biography

Non-Fiction

Awards and honours

Literary
Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[8] A. D. Hope
Miles Franklin Award[9] Peter Mathers Trap Cassell

Children and Young Adult
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[10] Ivan Southall Ash Road Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[10] No award

Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[11] William Hart-Smith The Talking Clothes: Poems Angus and 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 1966 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 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References
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  2. "Austlit - The Statesman's Games by James Aldridge". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. "Austlit - Seed by Peter Cowan". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  4. "Austlit - The Evening of the Holiday by Shirley Hazzard". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  5. "Austlit - Rappaport by Morris Lurie". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  6. "Austlit - The Lake Frome Monster by Arthur Upfield". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. "Austlit - Season of Youth by Judah Waten". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. Austlit - A. D. Hope
  9. "Franklin award to brilliant novel", The Canberra Times, 19 April 1967, p1
  10. "The award winners", The Canberra Times, 9 July 1966, p12
  11. Austlit - The Talking Clothes : Poems by William Hart-Smith
  12. "Austlit - Kate Forsyth". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  13. "Austlit - Andrew McGahan". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  14. "Austlit - Delia Falconer". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  15. "Austlit - Anna Funder". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  16. "Austlit - Malcolm Knox". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  17. "Lambert, Eric Frank (1918–1966) by D. R. Walker". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  18. "Harrington, Edward Philip (1895–1966) by Hugh Anderson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  19. "Morris, Myra Evelyn (1893–1966) by D. J. Jordan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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