1994 in Australian literature

• Rodney Hall (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for The Grisly Wife

• Patsy Adam-Smith AO "for service to community history, particularly through the preservation of national traditions and folklore and recording of oral histories"[1]
• Laurie Hergenhan AO "for service to Australian literary scholarship and to education"[2]
• Joan Phipson AM "for service to children's literature"[3]
• Judith Rodriguez AM "for service to Australian literature, particularly in the area of poetry"[4]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 18 April — Alexandra Adornetto, actress and author who writes for children and young adults
• 25 June — Robbie Coburn, poet and writer

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 28 January — Frank Hardy, novelist, best known for Power Without Glory (born 1917)[8]
• 7 February — Rosemary Wighton, literary editor, author and advisor to the South Australian government on women's affairs (born 1925)[9]
• 29 May — Nene Gare, writer and artist, best known for The Fringe Dwellers (born 1919)[10]
• 7 September — James Clavell, novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war (born 1921)
• 9 September — Hugh Atkinson (novelist), novelist, journalist, screenwriter and documentary film maker (born 1921)[11]
• 16 December — Mary Durack, author and historian (born 1913)

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