- Source: 1940 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1940.
Events
Meanjin magazine publishes its first issue in Brisbane.
Novels
E. C. Allen – Old Eugowra
Martin Boyd – Nuns in Jeopardy
Roy Connolly – Southern Saga
Dulcie Deamer – Holiday
Arthur Gask
The House on the Fens
The Tragedy of the Silver Moon
Michael Innes
The Secret Vanguard
There Came Both Mist and Snow
Josephine Knowles – Leaves in the Wind
Will Lawson – Red Morgan Rides
Eric Lowe – Framed in Hardwood
Nevil Shute
Landfall: A Channel Story
An Old Captivity
Helen Simpson – Maid No More
Christina Stead – The Man Who Loved Children
F. J. Thwaites – Whispers in Tahiti
Arthur Upfield – Bushranger of the Skies
Rix Weaver – Behold New Holland
Short stories
Gavin Casey – "The Day at the Brown Lakes"
Frank Dalby Davison – The Woman at the Mill
Alan Marshall – "Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo"
Children's
Mary Grant Bruce – Peter & Co.
May Gibbs – The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
P. L. Travers – Happy Ever After
Dorothy Wall – Blinky Bill Joins the Army
Poetry
Mary Gilmore – "No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest"
Max Harris – The Gift of Blood
Eve Langley – "Native-Born"
Ian Mudie – Corroboree to the Sun
Roderic Quinn – "Tyrrell's Bookshop"
Kenneth Slessor – "Metempsychosis"
Douglas Stewart – Elegy for an Airman
Non-Fiction
Malcolm Uren – Sailormen's Ghosts (travel and history)
Awards and honours
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Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1940 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
9 February – J. M. Coetzee, novelist (born South Africa)
19 March – Andrew Taylor, poet
12 April – Jack Hibberd, playwright and novelist (died 2024)
16 April – Marion Halligan, novelist (died 2024)
28 July – Geoffrey Lehmann, poet and writer for children
7 July – Geoff Page, poet
18 August – Jan Owen, poet
16 October – Ron Pretty, poet (died 2023)
10 November – Jill Roe, historian (died 2017)
16 November – Craig Powell, poet (died 2022)
Unknown date
Carmel Bird, novelist
Rosaleen Love, critic and short story writer
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1940 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
27 March – K. Langloh Parker, author (born 1856)
3 May – S. Elliott Napier, poet and journalist (born 1870)
See also
1940 in Australia
1940 in literature
1940 in poetry
List of years in Australian literature
List of years in literature
References
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