1995 in Australian literature
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
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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
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
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 AO "for service to Australian literature as a novelist"[1]
- Alexander Stewart Cockburn AM "for service to journalism and literature"[2]
- Bryce Courtenay AM "for service to advertising and marketing to the community and as an author"[3]
- Mollie Gillen AM "for service to genealogy and to Australian historical research"[4]
- Paul Jennings AM "for service to children's literature"[5]
- Frances Margaret McGuire AM "for service to the community and to literature, particularly through the State Library of South Australia"[6]
- Walter Richard McVitty AM "for service to the arts, particularly as educator and publisher of children's literature"[7]
- Maurice Saxby AM "for service to children's literature"[8]
- Gavin Souter AM "for service to Australian historical literature"[9]
- Donald Wall AM "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"[10]
- Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur OAM "for service to Australian writers, particularly through the Fellowship of Australian Writers in South Australia"[11]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[12] | Thomas Shapcott Robert Adamson |
| Patrick White Award[13] | Elizabeth Riddell |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[14] | Helen Demidenko | The Hand That Signed the Paper | Allen & Unwin |
| Colin Roderick Award[15] | Judy Cassab | Diaries | Random House |
Fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[16] | 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)[17]
- 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)[18]
- 12 May — John Blight, poet (born 1913)[19]
- 26 June — John Jefferson Bray, lawyer, judge, academic, university administrator, Crown officer and published poet, (born 1912)[20]
- 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)[21]
- 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
References
- ^ "Christopher John Koch". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Alexander Stewart Cockburn". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Arthur Bryce Courtenay". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Mollie Gillen". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Paul Arthur Jennings". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Frances Margaret McGuire". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Walter Richard McVitty". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Henry (Maurice) Saxby". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Gavin Geoffrey Souter, AM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Donald Wall". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 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 — The Hand That Signed the Paper - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Snowden, Betty, "Harris, Maxwell Henley (Max) (1921–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 September 2023
- ^ Starck, Nigel, "Braddon, Russell Reading (1921–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 September 2023
- ^ "Frederick John Blight (1913–1995) by Stephany Evans Steggall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995) by John Emerson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Hodgins, Ian Philip (1959–1995) by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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