- Source: 1979 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1979.
Events
David Ireland won the 1979 Miles Franklin Award for A Woman of the Future
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards are presented for the first time
Major publications
= Books
=Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette – Puberty Blues
David Ireland – A Woman of the Future
Thomas Keneally
Confederates
Passenger
Roger McDonald – 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli
Randolph Stow – Visitants
Morris West — Proteus
Patrick White – The Twyborn Affair
= Short stories
=Glenda Adams — "A Snake Down Under"
Thea Astley — Hunting the Wild Pineapple
Peter Carey — War Crimes
Elizabeth Jolley – The Travelling Entertainer and Other Stories
= Science Fiction and Fantasy
=A. Bertram Chandler – Matilda's Stepchildren
Anne Spencer Parry – The Crown of Darkness
= Children's and Young Adult fiction
=Catherine Berndt – Land of the Rainbow Snake
Mavis Thorpe Clark – The Lilly-Pilly
Lee Harding – Displaced Person
Joan Phipson:
No Escape
Mr Pringle and the Prince
= Poetry
=Robert Adamson – Where I Come From
David Campbell – The Man in the Honeysuckle
Rosemary Dobson and David Campbell – Seven Russian Poets
Robert Gray – Grass Script
Dorothy Hewett – Greenhouse
Jennifer Maiden – The Border Loss
Les Murray – The Boys Who Stole the Funeral
John Tranter
Dazed in the Ladies Lounge
Editor, The New Australian Poetry (anthology)
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers
Toil and Spin: Two Directions in Modern Poetry
= Drama
=Dorothy Hewett – The Man From Mukinupin
Louis Nowra
The Lady of the Camellias
Visions
= Non-fiction
=Manning Clark — A History of Australia Volume IV
Terry Irving and Raewyn Connell — Class Structure in Australian History
Awards and honours
= Order of Australia
=John Jefferson Bray appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
Nancy Keesing appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Douglas Stewart appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Judah Waten appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
= Lifetime achievement
== Literary
== Fiction
== Children and Young Adult
== Poetry
== Non-fiction
=Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
21 May – James Clancy Phelan, writer of thrillers and young adult novels
6 June – Randa Abdel-Fattah, novelist
Unknown date
Maxine Beneba Clarke, writer and slam poet
Andrew Hutchinson, novelist
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
6 March – Helen Palmer, socialist publisher (born 1917)
6 June – Ion Idriess, writer (born 1889)
29 July – David Campbell, poet (born 1915)
13 August – F. J. Thwaites, novelist (born 1908)
21 November – Marie Byles, travel writer and non-fiction writer (born 1900)
24 November — Tom Quilty, pastoralist and bush poet (born 1887)
8 December – Jennifer Rankin, poet and playwright (born 1941)
See also
1979 in Australia
1979 in literature
1979 in poetry
List of years in literature
List of years in Australian literature
References
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