1986 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1986.

Events

Elizabeth Jolley won the 1986 Miles Franklin Award for The Well

Major publications

Novels

Margaret Barbalet - Blood in the Rain
Elizabeth Jolley — The Well
Rod Jones — Julia Paradise
John Macgregor — Propinquity
Christina Stead -- I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist (posthumous)
Morris West — Cassidy
Tim Winton — That Eye, the Sky
Patrick White - Memoirs of Many in One

Children's and young adult fiction

Graeme Base — Animalia
Hesba Fay Brinsmead — Someplace Beautiful
Victor Kelleher — Taronga
Doug MacLeod — Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
Emily Rodda — Pigs Might Fly

Poetry

Lily Brett — The Auschwitz Poems
Robert Harris — A Cloud Passes Over
Philip Hodgins — Blood and Bone
Rhyll McMaster — Washing the Money: Poems with photographs
Jan Owen — Boy with Telescope
John A. Scott — St. Clair: Three Narratives

Drama

Michael Gow — Away

Non-fiction

Gillian Bouras — A Foreign Wife
Robert Hughes — The Fatal Shore
Kylie Tennant — The Missing Heir

Awards and honours

Geoffrey Serle , for "service to scholarship and literature, particularly in the field of Australian history"[1]
Nicholas Hasluck , for "service to literature"[2]
Dorothy Hewett , for "service to literature"[3]
Barbara Jefferis , for "service to literature"[4]
Grace Perry , for "service to Australian literature, particularly as editor of Poetry Australia"[5]
Russel Ward , for "service to literature, particularly in the field of Australian history"[6]

Lifetime achievement

Award	Author
Christopher Brennan Award[7]	Not awarded
Patrick White Award[8]	John Morrison

Literary awards

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[9]	Thea Astley	Beachmasters	Penguin Books
Colin Roderick Award[10]	Fr Tom Boland	James Duhig	University of Queensland Press
Miles Franklin Award[11]	Elizabeth Jolley	The Well	Viking 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 1986 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

23 August — Jack Heath, writer of fiction for children and adults

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1986 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

27 September — Olga Masters, writer, journalist, novelist and short story writer (born 1919)[12]
10 November — Laurence Collinson, British and Australian playwright, actor, poet, journalist, and secondary school teacher (born 1925)

References

"Dr Alan Geoffrey Serle". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Nicholas Paul Hasluck". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Dorothy Coade Hewett". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Barbara Tarlton Jefferis (Mrs Hinde)". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Dr Grace Amelia Perry". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Professor Russell Braddock Ward". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1980-87". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
"Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
"ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
"Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
"Literary prize". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 862. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 May 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 27 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
"Olga Masters". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

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[1] "Dr Alan Geoffrey Serle". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[2] "Nicholas Paul Hasluck". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[3] "Dorothy Coade Hewett". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[4] "Barbara Tarlton Jefferis (Mrs Hinde)". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[5] "Dr Grace Amelia Perry". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[6] "Professor Russell Braddock Ward". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[CB1986-7] "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1980-87". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[AustlitPWA-8] "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[ALS-9] "ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[CRA-10] "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[11] "Literary prize". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 862. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 May 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 27 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[12] "Olga Masters". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

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