- Source: 1985 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1985.
Events
Christopher Koch won the 1985 Miles Franklin Award for The Doubleman
Major publications
= Novels
=Thea Astley — Beachmasters
Peter Carey — Illywhacker
Sumner Locke Elliott — About Tilly Beamis
David Foster — Dog Rock
Kate Grenville — Lilian's Story
Barbara Hanrahan — Annie Magdalene
Thomas Keneally — A Family Madness
Christopher Koch — The Doubleman
= Short story collections
=David Malouf — Antipodes
Olga Masters — A Long Time Dying
= Crime and mystery
=Peter Corris — Make Me Rich
= Children's and young adult fiction
=Pamela Allen — A Lion in the Night
Duncan Ball — Selby's Secret
Thurley Fowler – The Green Wind
Robin Klein — Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
Gillian Rubinstein — Space Demons
= Poetry
=Robert Gray — Selected Poems 1963–1983
Chris Wallace-Crabbe — The Amorous Cannibal
= Drama
=Jack Davis — No Sugar
Michael Gow — The Astronaut’s Wife
Louis Nowra — The Golden Age
David Williamson — Sons of Cain
= Non-fiction
=John Bryson — Evil Angels
Awards and honours
Jack Davis , for "service to Aboriginal literature and theatre"
Frank Moorhouse , for "service to Australian literature"
Morris West , for "service to literature"
= Lifetime achievement
== Literary awards
== Fiction awards
== Poetry
== Children and Young Adult
== Drama
== 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 1985 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
Unknown date
Hannah Kent, historical 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 1985 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
26 January — Anne Spencer Parry, pioneer fantasy writer (born 1931)
14 February — Douglas Stewart, poet, short story writer, essayist and literary editor (born 1913)
19 April — John Manifold, poet and critic (born 1915)
5 May — Carter Brown, writer of detective fiction (born in England, 1923)
18 July — F. B. Vickers, novelist (born 1903)
29 July — Judah Waten, novelist (born 1911)
11 September — Eleanor Dark, novelist (born 1901)
4 November — A. A. Phillips, writer, critic and teacher, best known for coining the term "Cultural Cringe" (born 1900)
See also
1985 in Australia
1985 in literature
1985 in poetry
List of years in literature
List of years in Australian literature
References
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