Английская Википедия:1979 in Australian literature

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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
• Roger McDonald – 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli
• Randolph Stow – The 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

• Mavis Thorpe Clark – The Lilly-Pilly
• 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

Award	Author
Christopher Brennan Award	Not awarded
Patrick White Award	Randolph Stow

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award	Roger McDonald	1915: A Novel of Gallipoli	University of Queensland Press
ALS Gold Medal	No award
Colin Roderick Award	Thea Astley	Hunting the Wild Pineapple	Thomas Nelson

Fiction

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award	Roger McDonald	1915: A Novel of Gallipoli	University of Queensland Press
Miles Franklin Award	David Ireland	A Woman of the Future	Penguin Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	David Malouf	An Imaginary Life	Chatto & Windus

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers	Ruth Manley	The Plum-Rain Scroll	Hodder and Stoughton
	Picture Book	No award

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry	David Campbell	The Man in the Honeysuckle	Angus & Robertson

Non-fiction

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award	Not awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	A History of Australia Volume IV	Manning Clark	Melbourne University Press

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