Английская Википедия:1995 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1995.

Events

• Helen Demidenko won the Miles Franklin Award for The Hand That Signed the Paper

Major publications

Novels

• Bryce Courtenay — The Potato Factory
• Beverley Farmer — The House in the Light
• Rod Jones — Billy Sunday
• Christopher Koch — Highways to a War
• Alex Miller — The Sitters
• Mandy Sayer — The Cross
• Kathleen Stewart — Spilt Milk

Children's and young adult fiction

• Isobelle Carmody — Ashling
• Brian Caswell — Deucalion
• Mem Fox — Wombat Divine
• Sonya Hartnett — Sleeping Dogs
• Garth Nix — Sabriel

Poetry

• Jordie Albiston — Nervous Arcs
• Peter Bakowski — In The Human Night
• Philip Hodgins — Things Happen

Drama

• Manny Aston — Fossils
• Joanna Murray-Smith — Honour
• Louis Nowra
  • The Incorruptible
  • Miss Bosnia
• David Williamson — Dead White Males

Science fiction

• Gillian Rubinstein — Galax-Arena

Fantasy

• David Brooks (author) — The House of Balthus
• Jack Dann — The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci
• Sara Douglass — Battleaxe
• Paul Kidd — Mus of Kerbridge
• Garth Nix — Sabriel
• Tony Shillitoe — The Last Wizard

Crime

• John Dale — Dark Angel
• Barry Maitland — The Malcontenta

Non-fiction

• Timothy Conigrave — Holding the Man
• Garfield Barwick — A Radical Tory: Garfield Barwick's Reflections and Recollections
• Helen Garner — The First Stone

Awards and honours

• Christopher Koch Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to Australian literature as a novelist"
• Alexander Stewart Cockburn Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to journalism and literature"
• Bryce Courtenay Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to advertising and marketing to the community and as an author"
• Mollie Gillen Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to genealogy and to Australian historical research"
• Paul Jennings Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to children's literature"
• Frances Margaret McGuire Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to the community and to literature, particularly through the State Library of South Australia"
• Walter Richard McVitty Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to the arts, particularly as educator and publisher of children's literature"
• Maurice Saxby Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to children's literature"
• Gavin Souter Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to Australian historical literature"
• Donald Wall Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to the recorded history of World war II, particularly the history of the 8th Division and the fate of prisoners of war at Sandakan, Northern Borneo"
• Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur Шаблон:Post-nominals "for service to Australian writers, particularly through the Fellowship of Australian Writers in South Australia"

Lifetime achievement

Award	Author
Christopher Brennan Award	Thomas Shapcott Robert Adamson
Patrick White Award	Elizabeth Riddell

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Miles Franklin Award	Helen Demidenko	The Hand That Signed the Paper	Allen & Unwin

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1995 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 13 January — Max Harris (poet), poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller (born 1921)
• 25 January — Margaret Senior, wildlife and children's illustrator and writer (born 1917 in London)
• 20 March — Russell Braddon, writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts (born 1921)
• 12 May — John Blight, poet (born 1913)
• 26 June — John Jefferson Bray, lawyer, judge, academic, university administrator, Crown officer and published poet, (born 1912)
• 17 July — Robert Close, novelist (born 1903)
• 7 August — Harold Stewart, poet and oriental scholar (born 1916)
• 14 August — Frances Margaret McGuire, writer, biochemist and philanthropist (born 1900)
• 18 August — Philip Hodgins, poet (born 1959)
• 4 December — Gwen Harwood, poet and librettist (born 1920)

See also

• 1995 in Australia
• 1995 in literature
• 1995 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature