1984 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1984.

Events

Tim Winton’s Shallows won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award

Major publications

Novels

Helen Garner, The Children's Bach
David Ireland, Archimedes and the Seagle
Elizabeth Jolley, Milk and Honey
Jill Neville, Last Ferry to Manly
Tim Winton, Shallows

Short story anthologies

John Morrison, Stories of the Waterfront

Children's and young adult fiction

James Aldridge, The True Story of Lilli Stubeck
Emily Rodda, Something Special
Nadia Wheatley, Dancing in the Anzac Deli

Poetry

Doris Brett, The Truth about Unicorns
Rosemary Dobson, The Three Fates & Other Poems
Robert Gray, The Skylight
Kevin Hart, Your Shadow
Dorothy Porter, The Night Parrot

Non-fiction

Sylvia Lawson, The Archibald Paradox

Awards and honours

Nancy Cato , for "service to Australian literature"[1]
John Manifold , for "service literature as a poet and musician[2]
Dorothy Auchterlonie Green , for "service to Australian literature"[3]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1984 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

21 January — Alan Marshall, writer, story teller, humanist and social documenter (born 1902)
6 June — A. Bertram Chandler, mariner-turned-science fiction writer (born 1912)
24 June — Francis Brabazon, poet and member of Meher Baba's mandali (born 1907)
15 August — Donald Friend, artist and diarist (born 1914)
29 September — Hal Porter, novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (1911)
10 November —Xavier Herbert, writer (born 1901)
23 December — Joan Lindsay, novelist, playwright, essayist and visual artist (born 1896)

References

^ "Nancy Fotheringham Cato". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "John Streeter Manifold". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Dorothy Green". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Nancy Fotheringham Cato". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "John Streeter Manifold". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Dorothy Green". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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