1921 in Australian literature
{{Short description|Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1921}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1921.
Books
- William Baylebridge — An Anzac Muster{{cite web|title= An Anzac Muster by William Baylebridge|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/743241|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Jean Curlewis — The Ship That Never Set Sail{{cite web|title= The Ship That Never Set Sail by Jean Curlewis|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/624958|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Dulcie Deamer — Revelation{{cite web|title= Revelation by Dulcie Deamer|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/245427|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Arthur Gask — The Secret of the Sandhills{{cite web|title= The Secret of the Sandhills by Arthur Gask|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C146317|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Fergus Hume — The Unexpected{{cite web|title= The Unexpected by Fergus Hume|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C754832|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Jack McLaren — The Oil Seekers: The Tale of New Guinea Beach{{cite web|title= The Oil Seekers by Jack McLaren|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2319626|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Ernest O'Ferrall — Bodger and the Boarders{{cite web|title= Bodger and the Boarders by Ernest O'Ferrall|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1837717|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Katharine Susannah Prichard — Black Opal{{cite web|title= Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2244243|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
Poetry
{{Main|1921 in poetry}}
- Zora Cross — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy" by Zora Cross|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C114939|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- C. J. Dennis — A Book for Kids{{cite web|title= A Book for Kids by C. J. Dennis|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1810632|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- Mary E. Fullerton
- "The Selector's Wife"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Selector's Wife" by Mary E. Fullerton|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C87471|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- "War Time"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "War Time" by Mary E. Fullerton|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C151696|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- Lesbia Harford
- "Day's End"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Day's End" by Lesbia Harford|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C22482|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- "The Folk I Love"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Folk I Love" by Lesbia Harford|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C108352|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- "The Invisible People"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Invisible People" by Lesbia Harford|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C74824|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- Sumner Locke — In Memoriam: Sumner Locke{{cite web|title= In Memoriam: Sumner Locke by Sumner Locke|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2448689|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- Dorothea Mackellar — "Vestal"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Vestal" by Dorothea Mackellar|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C173218|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- Furnley Maurice — "Plunder"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Plunder" by Furnley Maurice|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C171697|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- John Shaw Neilson
- "For a Little Girl's Birthday"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "For a Little Girl's Birthday" by John Shaw Neilson|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C131179|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- "The Orange Tree"
- "To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year" by John Shaw Neilson|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C106172|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- John O'Brien
- Around the Boree Log and Other Verses
- "Tangmalangaloo"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Tangmalangaloo" by John O'Brien|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C117462|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- "The Trimmin's on the Rosary"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Trimmin's on the Rosary" by John O'Brien|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C552272|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
- Vance Palmer — "The Snake"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Snake" by Vance Palmer|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C172390|access-date= 17 June 2024}}
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Mary Grant Bruce — Back to Billabong{{cite web|title= Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1757965|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- May Gibbs — Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie{{cite web|title= Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie by May Gibbs|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/774850|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
- Ethel Turner — King Anne{{cite web|title= King Anne by Ethel Turner|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/153922|access-date= 20 June 2024}}
Drama
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1921 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 25 January — Russell Braddon, novelist (died 1995){{Citation |last=Starck |first=Nigel |title=Braddon, Russell Reading (1921–1995) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/braddon-russell-reading-19108 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-09-05 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}
- 3 February — John Millett, poet (died 2019){{Cite web |title=World War Two Service: Millett, John Antill |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=324267&c=WW2 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=DVA's Nominal Rolls}}
- 13 February — Marshall Grover, novelist (died 1993){{Cite web |title=Marshall Grover (1921-1993)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A30199 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 13 April — Max Harris, poet and editor (died 1995){{Citation |last=Snowden |first=Betty |title=Harris, Maxwell Henley (Max) (1921–1995) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harris-maxwell-henley-max-29615 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-09-05 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}
- 23 May — Ray Lawler, playwright (died 2024){{cite web|title="IBDB – Ray Lawler" |publisher= Internet Broadway Database|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ray-lawler-8256|access-date= 13 July 2024}}
- 8 June — Ivan Southall, writer for children (died 2008){{Cite web |title=Ivan Southall (1921-2008)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34994 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 19 June — Patricia Wrightson, writer for children (died 2010){{Cite web |title=Patricia Wrightson (1921-2010)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A26709 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 27 June — Lex Banning, poet born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen (died 1965){{cite book|title= Banning, Arthur Alexander (Lex) (1921–1965) by Gavin Souter |chapter= Arthur Alexander (Lex) Banning (1921–1965)|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter-url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/banning-arthur-alexander-lex-9420|accessdate= 12 July 2023}}
- 14 August — Ralph Elliott, critic and academic (born in Germany) (died 2012){{Cite web |title=Ralph Elliott (1921-2012)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A36353 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 17 September — Hugh Atkinson (novelist), novelist, journalist, screenwriter and documentary film maker (died 1994){{Cite web |title=Hugh Atkinson (1921-1994)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A4027 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 19 September – Michael Noonan, novelist and radio scriptwriter (born in New Zealand) (died 2000){{Cite web |title=Michael Noonan (1921-2000)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11022 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 10 October – James Clavell, novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war (died 1994){{Cite web |title=James Clavell (1921-1994)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A115791 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 30 November – Anne Godfrey-Smith, poet and theatre producer/director (died 2011){{Cite web |title=Anne Godfrey-Smith (1921-2011)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A46001 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 21 December – T. Harri Jones, Welsh poet who emigrated to Australia (died 1965){{cite book|title= Jones, Thomas Henry (1921–1965) by Julian Croft |chapter= Thomas Henry Jones (1921–1965)|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter-url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jones-thomas-henry-10643|accessdate= 12 July 2023}}
- 25 December — Nan McDonald, poet and editor (died 1974){{Cite web |title=Nan McDonald (1921-1974)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34742 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 26 December — Donald Horne, author (died 2010){{Cite web |title=Donald Horne (1921-2010)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34030 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1921 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 22 March — E. W. Hornung, novelist (died in France) (born 1866 in England){{Cite web |title=E. W. Hornung (1866-1921)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34732 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 28 March — C. Haddon Chambers, playwright (born 1860){{cite book|title= Chambers, Charles Haddon (1860–1921) by B. G. Andrews |chapter=Charles Haddon Chambers (1860–1921) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chambers-charles-haddon-5547|access-date= 8 August 2023}}
- 18 June — G. Herbert Gibson, poet (born 1846 in England){{Cite web |title=G. Herbert Gibson (1846-1921)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A8684 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 13 September — James Hebblethwaite, poet (born 1857){{cite book|title= Hebblethwaite, James (1857–1921) by Hilary Webster |chapter= Hebblethwaite, James (1857–1921)|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter-url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hebblethwaite-james-6627|access-date= 29 July 2023}}