1969 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Plays

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] No award
Colin Roderick Award[2] Francis Webb Collected Poems Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award[3] George Johnston Clean Straw for Nothing Collins

Children and young adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[4] Margaret Balderson When Jays Fly to Barbmo Oxford University Press
Picture Book[4] Ivan Southall, illustrated by Ted Greenwood Sly Old Wardrobe Cheshire

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[5] Randolph Stow A Counterfeit Silence: Selected 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 1969 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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

Unknown date

See also

References

  1. "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
  3. "Author Wins $1,000 Award", The Canberra Times, 15 April 1970, p3
  4. ""Book Council Award Winners"". The Canberra Times, 12 July 1969, p16. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. Austlit - A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems by Randolph Stow
  6. "Hatfield, William (1892–1969) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. "Clift, Charmian (1923–1969) by Nadia Wheatley". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. "Lamond, Henry George (1885–1969) by Nancy Bonnin". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  9. "Bulcock, Emily Hemans (1877–1969) by Marjorie Puregger". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  10. "Prichard, Katharine Susannah (1883–1969) by John Hay". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  11. "Bjelke-Petersen, Marie Caroline (1874–1969) by Margaret Weidenhofer". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  12. "Lindsay, Norman Alfred (1879–1969) by Bernard Smith". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  13. "Gibbs, Cecilia May (1877–1969) by Maureen Walsh". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  14. "Austlit - Kathleen Dalziel". Austlit. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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