1983 in Australian literature

• The judges of the 1983 Miles Franklin Award announced there was no book entered of sufficient merit to receive the award.[1]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1983 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 2 December — Tara June Winch, writer of Aboriginal and European descent[14]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1983 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 20 January — Maie Casey, Baroness Casey, pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist (born 1891)[15]
• 23 January — Lu Rees, bookseller, book collector and children's literature advocate (born 1901)[16]
• 8 February – Colin Simpson, journalist and travel writer (born 1908)[17]
• 31 March — Christina Stead, novelist and short-story writer (born 1902)[18]
• 25 August — Donald Stuart, novelist whose works include stories with Aboriginal backgrounds and a series recounting his experience as a prisoner of war in Burma in World War II (born 1913)[19]
• 29 September — Alan Moorehead, war correspondent and author of popular histories (born 1910)[20]
• 5 December — Gavin Greenlees, poet (born 1930)[21]

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