This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991.
Events
- David Malouf won the Miles Franklin Award for The Great World
Major publications
Novels
Short story anthologies
- Suzanne Edgar — Counting Backwards and Other Stories
- Jackie French — Rain Stones (for children)
Children's and young adult fiction
Poetry
- Alison Croggon — This is the stone
- A. D. Hope — Orpheus
- Jean Kent — Practising Breathing
- John Tranter — The Floor of Heaven
Drama
Non-fiction
- Bruce Bennett — Spirit in exile, Peter Porter and his poetry
- Barry Hill — Sitting In
- Julie Lewis — Olga Masters, a lot of living
- David Marr — Patrick White: A Life
Awards and honours
- Robert Hughes AO, for "service to art and to the promotion of Australian culture"[1]
- Bruce Beaver AM, for "service to literature, particularly in the field of poetry"[2]
- David Rowbotham AM, for "service to literature"[3]
- Patricia Scott AM, for "service to children's literature"[4]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[5] | Elizabeth Riddell |
| Patrick White Award[6] | David Martin |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[7] | Elizabeth Jolley | Cabin Fever | Viking |
| Colin Roderick Award[8] | Joan Dugdale | Struggle of Memory | University of Queensland Press |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[9] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | David Malouf | The Great World | Chatto & Windus |
| Best Overall Novel | David Malouf | The Great World | Chatto & Windus | |
National
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[10] | David Malouf | The Great World | Chatto & Windus |
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1991 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 21 February — Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, academic, literary critic and poet (born 1915)[11]
- 30 March — Joan Colebrook, journalist and writer (born 1910)[12]
- 3 April — Coral Lansbury, writer and academic (born 1929)
- 7 April — Bob Brissenden, poet, novelist, critic and academic (born 1928)[13]
- 2 May — Ronald McKie, novelist (born 1909)[14]
- 23 May — Manning Clark, historian (born 1915)[15]
- 24 June — Sumner Locke Elliott, novelist and playwright (born 1917)[16]
- 17 November — Pixie O'Harris, children's book author and illustrator (born 1903)[17]
- 1 December — Barbara Hanrahan, novelist and artist (born 1939)
See also
References
- ↑ "Robert Studley Forrest Hughes". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "Victor Bruce Beaver". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "David Harold Rowbotham". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "Patricia Scott". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ↑ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ↑ "Malouf's sixth novel wins Miles Franklin award". The Canberra Times, 26 June 1991, p5. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ↑ "Dorothy Green". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit — Joan Colebrook". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ↑ Brooks, David (2014). "'Brissenden, Robert Francis (Bob) (1928–1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ↑ "Ronald Cecil McKie (1909–1991) by Cheryl Taylor". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ McKenna, Mark, "Clark, Charles Manning (1915–1991)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 September 2023
- ↑ Roe, Jill, "Elliott, Sumner Locke (1917–1991)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 16 September 2023
- ↑ "O'Harris, Pixie (1903–1991) by Robert Holden". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
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