- Source: 1980 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1980.
Events
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Inaugural award to Archie Weller, The Day Of The Dog; the award was initially given to Paul Radley, who, in 1996, admitted that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle.
Jessica Anderson won the 1980 Miles Franklin Award for The Impersonators
Major publications
= Books
=Jessica Anderson — The Impersonators
Murray Bail — Homesickness
Jon Cleary — A Very Private War
Shirley Hazzard — The Transit of Venus
Elizabeth Jolley — Palomino
Thomas Keneally — The Cut-Rate Kingdom
Randolph Stow — The Girl Green as Elderflower
= Short story collections
=Helen Garner – Honour & Other People's Children
= Science fiction
=Damien Broderick — The Dreaming Dragons
= Crime and mystery
=Peter Corris — The Dying Trade
Gabrielle Lord — Fortress
= Children's and Young Adult fiction
=Pamela Allen – The Archimedes' Bath
Mavis Thorpe Clark – A Stranger Came to the Mine
Robert Ingpen — The Voyage of the Poppykettle
Ruth Park — Playing Beatie Bow
Ruth Park and Deborah Niland – When the Wind Changed
= Poetry
=Jenny Boult – The Hotel Anonymous
Richard Lunn – Pompeii Deep Fry
Les Murray — The Boys Who Stole the Funeral
Judith Rodriguez — Mudcrab at Gambaro's
Gig Ryan – The Division of Anger
Philip Salom — The Silent Piano
Chris Wallace-Crabbe — The Golden Apples of the Sun: Twentieth Century Australian Poetry (anthology) editor,
= Non-fiction
=Robyn Davidson – Tracks
Allan M. Grocott – Convicts, Clergymen and Churches
Clive James – Unreliable Memoirs
David Marr – Barwick
Awards and honours
Kylie Tennant – Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Max Fatchen – Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Marjorie Barnard – Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Patsy Adam-Smith – Officer of the British Empire (OBE)
= 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 1980 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
7 July – Brooke Davis, novelist
Unknown date
Elizabeth Campbell, poet
Ceridwen Dovey, 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 1980 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
2 September – Frederick Macartney, poet and critic (born 1887)
3 February – Marnie Bassett, historian and biographer (born 1889)
18 October – Martin Haley, poet and translator (born 1905)
See also
1980 in Australia
1980 in literature
1980 in poetry
List of years in literature
List of years in Australian literature
References
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