1997 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1997.

Events

Major publications

Novels

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Science fiction and fantasy

Non-fiction

Awards and honours
  • Morris West AO "for service to literature"[1]
  • Barbara Buick AM "for service to women, particularly through Equal Employment Opportunity Tribunal in Western Australia and to librarianship and publishing, particularly through the promotion of children's literature"[2]
  • Ken Goodwin (academic) AM "for service to literature, art administration and education"[3]
  • Manfred Jurgensen AM "for service to literature as a novelist, poet and critic, and as founder of the journal Outrider"[4]
  • Edna Laing OAM "for service to the arts and literature through the Creativity Centre, Brisbane"[5]
  • Rodney Lumer OAM "for service to the arts through the promotion and publication of works by Australian playwrights"[6]
  • Sydney John Trigellis-Smith OAM "for service to military history as a researcher, author and publisher of several unit histories of campaigns of World War II"[7]
  • Albert Ullin OAM "for service to the promotion of children's literature in Australia and overseas"[8]

Lifetime achievement
Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[9] Not awarded
Patrick White Award[10] Vivian Smith

Literary
Award Author Title Publisher
Miles Franklin Award[11] David Foster The Glade Within the Grove Vintage

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1997 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 14 February — Marian Eldridge, short story writer, poet and book reviewer (born 1936)
  • 16 February — Gilbert Mant, journalist and writer (born 1902)[12]
  • 14 April — Kit Denton, writer and broadcaster (born 1928)[13]
  • 8 June — George Turner, writer and critic, best known for science fiction novels (born 1916)
  • 11 June — Jill Neville, novelist, playwright and poet (born 1932)
  • 16 June — Dal Stivens, novelist and short story writer (born 1911)
  • 19 June — David Denholm, author and historian who published fiction under the pseudonym David Forrest and history under his own name (born 1924)
  • 1 July — David Martin, novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, editor, literary reviewer and lecturer (born 1915)[14]
  • 2 August — Joyce Dingwell, writer of more than 80 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1931 to 1986, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Kate Starr (born 1909)

Unknown date

See also

References
  1. "Morris Langlo West, AM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. "Barbara Buick". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "Professor Kenneth Leslie Goodwin". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. "Professor Manfred Jurgensen". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. "Edna Laing". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. "Dr Rodney Hugh Lumer". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  7. "Sydney John Trigellis-Smith". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  8. "Albert Henry Ullin". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  10. "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award : 1997-1999". Austlit. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. "Mant, Gilbert Palmer (1902–1997) by Malcolm Brown". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  13. "Death notice". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 April 1997 – via Ryerson Index.
  14. "David Martin". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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