1941 in Australian literature
{{Short description|Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1941}}
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1941.
Books
- Eleanor Dark – The Timeless Land
- Arthur Gask – The Beachy Head Murder{{cite web|title= The Beachy Head Murder by Arthur Gask|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1978345 |access-date= 20 September 2024}}
- Ernestine Hill – My Love Must Wait : The Story of Matthew Flinders
- Michael Innes – Appleby on Ararat
- Jack Lindsay
- Hannibal Takes a Hand{{cite web|title= Hannibal Takes a Hand by Jack Lindsay |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/590593 |access-date= 20 September 2024}}
- The Stormy Violence{{cite web|title= The Stormy Violence by Jack Lindsay |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/937764 |access-date= 20 September 2024}}
- Jack McLaren – Their Isle of Desire{{cite web|title= Their Isle of Desire by Jack McLaren|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2458867 |access-date= 20 September 2024}}
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Moon of Desire{{cite web|title= Moon of Desire by Katharine Susannah Prichard|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2484437 |access-date= 20 September 2024}}
- Kylie Tennant – The Battlers
- F. J. Thwaites
- Shadows Over Rangoon
- Wind in the Bracken
- Patrick White – The Living and the Dead
Children's
- Mary Durack and Elizabeth Durack – The Way of the Whirlwind{{cite web|title= The Way of the Whirlwind by Mary Durack and Elizabeth Durack|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/726552 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- May Gibbs – Scotty in Gumnut Land{{cite web|title= Scotty in Gumnut Land by May Gibbs|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/.2237652 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- P. L. Travers – I Go By Sea, I Go By Land{{cite web|title= I Go By Sea, I Go By Land by P. L. Travers|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3145168 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
Short stories
- Marjorie Barnard – "Dry Spell"{{cite web|title= "Dry Spell" by Marjorie Barnard|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C32211|access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Xavier Herbert – "Kaijek the Songman"{{cite web|title= "Kaijek the Songman" by Xavier Herbert|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C171976|access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Lennie Lower – The Bachelors' Guide to the Care of the Young and Other Stories{{cite web|title= The Bachelors' Guide to the Care of the Young and Other Stories by Lennie Lower|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/962829 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Vance Palmer – "Josie"{{cite web|title= "Josie" by Vance Palmer|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C51936|access-date= 19 September 2024}}
Poetry
{{Main|1941 in poetry}}
- Kathleen Dalziel – Known and Not Held : Verses{{cite web|title= Known and Not Held : Verses by Kathleen Dalziel|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/237412 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- James Devaney – "Bamba"{{cite web|title= "Bamba" by James Devaney|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C182640|access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Mary Gilmore – The Disinherited{{cite web|title= The Disinherited by Mary Gilmore|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2267483 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Lesbia Harford – The Poems of Lesbia Harford{{cite web|title= The Poems of Lesbia Harford by Lesbia Harford|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/115849 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Furnley Maurice – "Apples in the Moon"{{cite web|title= "Apples in the Moon" by Furnley Maurice|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C235397|access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- David McNicoll – "Air Mail—Palestine"{{cite web|title= "Air Mail—Palestine" by David McNicoll|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C20044|access-date= 20 September 2024}}
- Ian Mudie – This is Australia{{cite web|title= This is Australia by Ian Mudie|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/928877 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- John Shaw Neilson – "Say This For Love"{{cite web|title= "Say This For Love" by John Shaw Neilson|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C117487|access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Bernard O'Dowd – The Poems of Bernard O'Dowd{{cite web|title= The Poems of Bernard O'Dowd by Bernard O'Dowd|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/597272 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
- Douglas Stewart – Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier{{cite web|title= Sonnets to the Unknown Soldier by Douglas Stewart|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2247440 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
Drama
Awards and honours
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! Award ! Author ! Title ! Publisher |
| ALS Gold Medal[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205304895 "About People" The Age, 19 February 1941, p20]
| Harrap |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1941 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 7 February – Beverley Farmer, novelist and short story writer (died 2018){{Cite web |title=Beverley Farmer (1941-2018)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11068 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 23 March – Bruce Bennett, literary academic (died 2012){{Cite web |title=Bruce Bennett (1941-2012)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A32904 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 31 May – Julian Croft, poet{{cite web|title= Julian Croft|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14521|access-date= 17 September 2024}}
- 23 June
- Margaret Hamilton, children's literature publisher and author (died 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-12-03 |title=Margaret Dawn Hamilton Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/465231/margaret-dawn-hamilton |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
- Roger McDonald, novelist{{cite web|title= Roger McDonald |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24611|access-date= 17 September 2024}}
- 11 August – Rae Desmond Jones, poet, novelist, short story writer and politician (died 2017){{Cite web |title=Rae Desmond Jones (1941-2017)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A247 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 22 September – Murray Bail, novelist{{cite web|title= Murray Bail |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7391|access-date= 17 September 2024}}
- 28 November – Jennifer Rankin, poet and playwright (died 1979){{Cite web |title=Jennifer Rankin (1941-1979)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A27263 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 15 December – Richard Neville, author and editor (died 2016){{Cite web |title=Richard Neville (1941-2016)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A25643 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 21 December – Mungo MacCallum, political journalist and commentator (died 2020){{Cite web |title=Mungo MacCallum (1941-2020)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A65214 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
Unknown date
- Elaine Forrestal, novelist{{Cite web |title=Elaine Forrestal |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18651 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- Hilary McPhee, publisher and editor{{Cite web |title=Hilary McPhee |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11397 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- Barry Maitland, novelist (b. in Scotland){{Cite web |title=Barry Maitland |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A115 |access-date=2023-07-06 |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 1941 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 3 February – Thomas Welsby, businessman, politician and historian (born 1858){{Citation |last=Kerr |first=Ruth S. |title=Welsby, Thomas (1858–1941) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/welsby-thomas-9044 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-08-27 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}
- 5 February – A. B. Paterson, author and poet (born 1864){{cite web|title= Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo) (1864–1941) by Clement Semmler|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-andrew-barton-banjo-7972|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
- 27 April – Winifred Lewellin James, author (born 1876){{cite web|title= James, Winifred Llewellyn (1876–1941) by Sally O'Neill |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/james-winifred-llewellyn-6826|access-date= 4 August 2023}}
- 13 June — Alice Guerin Crist, poet, author and journalist (born 1876){{cite web|title= Crist, Alice Guerin (1876–1941) by Christopher Lee |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crist-alice-guerin-12868|access-date= 4 August 2023}}
- 7 July – Randolph Bedford, poet and novelist (born 1868){{cite web|title= Bedford, George Randolph (1868–1941) by Rodney G. Boland |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bedford-george-randolph-5181|access-date= 23 July 2023}}
- 17 October – Alfred Thomas Chandler, journalist, editor and newspaper proprietor (born 1852){{cite news |date=18 October 1941 |title=Pioneer Journalist Dead |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95139678 |accessdate=9 November 2024 |newspaper=Kalgoorlie Miner |location=Western Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=47 |issue=12,263}}
- 13 November — Enid Derham, poet and academic (born 1882){{cite web|title= Derham, Enid (1882–1941) by Imelda Palmer |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/derham-enid-5960|access-date= 11 August 2023}}
See also
References
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{{Years in Australian literature}}
Category:Australian literature by year