1992 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1992.
Events
- Tim Winton won the Miles Franklin Award for Cloudstreet
Major publications
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Novels
- Thea Astley, Vanishing Points
- Lily Brett, What God Wants
- Brian Castro, After China
- Helen Garner, Cosmo Cosmolino
- Peter Goldsworthy, Honk If You Are Jesus
- Andrew McGahan, Praise
- Alex Miller (writer), The Ancestor Game
Children's and young adult fiction
- Pamela Allen, Belinda
- Brian Caswell, A Cage of Butterflies
- Garry Disher, The Bamboo Flute
- Anna Fienberg, Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life
- Joanne Horniman, Sand Monkeys
- Victor Kelleher, Del-Del
- Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi
Poetry
- Beatriz Copello, Women, Souls And Shadows
- Robert Harris (poet), Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems
- A. D. Hope, Selected Poems
- Jill Jones (poet), The Mask and the Jagged Star
- Les Murray (poet), Translations from the Natural World
- Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems
Drama
- Julia Britton, Miles Franklin
- Louis Nowra
Non-fiction
- Robert Adamson (poet), Wards of the State
- Stephanie Dowrick, Intimacy and Solitude
- Sara Henderson, From Strength to Strength: An autobiography
- A. D. Hope, Chance Encounters
- Donna Williams, Nobody Nowhere
Awards and honours
- Thea Astley AO for "service to Australian literature"[1]
- Jack Pollard OAM for "service to sport and sporting history"[2]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[3] | R. A. Simpson Oodgeroo Noonuccal |
| Patrick White Award[4] | Peter Cowan |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[5] | Rodney Hall | The Second Bridegroom | McPhee Gribble |
| Colin Roderick Award[6] | Ruth Park | A Fence Around the Cuckoo | Viking |
Fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[7] | Tim Winton | Cloudstreet | Penguin Books |
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1992 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 28 January — Dora Birtles, novelist, short-story writer, poet and travel writer (born 1903)
- 8 February — Roland Robinson, poet, writer and collector of Australian Aboriginal myths (born 1912)[8]
- 24 May — Beatrice Davis, Australia's first full-time book editor (born 1909)[9]
- 19 June — Jas H. Duke, performance poet (born 1939)
- 1 July — Eric Irvin, writer and historian of Australian theatre (born 1908)
- 6 December — Mary Finnin, artist, art teacher and poet (born 1906)
- 21 December — Paul White, missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author of the Jungle Doctor Series (born 1910)
See also
- 1992 in Australia
- 1992 in literature
- 1992 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References
- ^ "Thea Beatrice May Astley, AM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Jack Ernest Pollard". 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.
- ^ "Austlit — Cloudstreet - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Roland Edward Robinson (1912–1992) by Peter Kirkpatrick". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Beatrice Deloitte Davis (1909–1992) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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