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1952 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1952.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Biography

Children's and Young Adult non-fiction

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Tom Hungerford The Ridge and the River Angus and Robertson

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[2] Older Readers Eve Pownall, illustrated by Margaret Senior The Australia Book John Sands

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[3] R. D. Fitzgerald Between Two Tides Halstead 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 1952 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1952 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Literary Award to T.A.G. Hungerford" The Canberra Times, 11 February 1954, p3
  2. ^ Austlit - The Australia Book by Eve Pownall
  3. ^ Austlit - Between Two Tides by R. D. Fitzgerald
  4. ^ "Kennedy, Martin Victor (1895–1952) by John Arnold". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Austlit - E. J. Brady". Austlit. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Austlit - J. M. Walsh". Austlit. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Hartigan, Patrick Joseph (1878–1952) by G. P. Walsh". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 6 August 2023.