1999 in Australian literature

• Murray Bail won the Miles Franklin Award for Eucalyptus
• Jan Fullerton was appointed Director General of the National Library of Australia, being the first woman and first internal appointee

• Michael Fitzgerald Page AM "for service to the book publishing industry and to literature as a writer, and through the encouragement and support of upcoming Australian authors"[1]
• Frank John Ford AM "for service to the development of the performing arts in South Australia as a director, playwright, administrator and educator"[2]
• Kay Saunders AM "for service to Australian history as a scholar, author and commentator on social issues"[3]
• John Antill Millett OAM "for service to literature as editor of Poetry Australia"[4]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1999 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 15 February — Gordon Neil Stewart, writer (born 1912)
• 1 March — Richard Beynon, playwright, actor and television producer (born 1925)
• 20 April — Ric Throssell, diplomat and author whose writings included novels, plays, film and television scripts and memoirs (born 1922)
• 8 July — Mavis Thorpe Clark, novelist and writer for children (born 1909)
• 12 July — Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, journalist, broadcaster and poet (born 1913)
• 9 October — Morris West, novelist and playwright (born 1916)[8]
• 16 November — Mal Morgan, poet (born 1936)

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