1959 in Australian literature
{{Short description|Overview of the events of 1959 in Australian literature}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1959.
Books
- Nancy Cato – Time, Flow Softly{{cite web|title= Time, Flow Softly by Nancy Cato|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/827986 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Jon Cleary
- Back of Sunset
- Strike Me Lucky with Joy Cleary
- Eleanor Dark – Lantana Lane{{cite web|title= Lantana Lane by Eleanor Dark|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/742110 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- David Forrest – The Last Blue Sea{{cite web|title= The Last Blue Sea by David Forrest|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/68028 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Xavier Herbert – Seven Emus
- Dorothy Hewett – Bobbin Up{{cite web|title= Bobbin Up by Dorothy Hewett|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2234548 |access-date= 13 October 2024}}
- Barbara Jefferis – Half Angel{{cite web|title= Half Angel by Barbara Jefferis|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/974944 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Eric Lambert – Glory Thrown In{{cite web|title= Glory Thrown In by Eric Lambert|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/759276 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Leonard Mann – Andrea Caslin{{cite web|title= Andrea Caslin by Leonard Mann|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2297943 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- D'Arcy Niland
- The Big Smoke
- Gold in the Streets{{cite web|title= Gold in the Streets by D'Arcy Niland|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/957328 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Vance Palmer – The Big Fellow
- F. J. Thwaites – No Rainbow in the Sky
- George Turner – Young Man of Talent{{cite web|title= Young Man of Talent by George Turner|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/907801 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Arthur Upfield
- Bony and the Black Virgin (aka The Tom Branch){{cite web|title= Bony and the Black Virgin by Arthur Upfield|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1776853 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Journey to the Hangman{{cite web|title= Journey to the Hangman by Arthur Upfield|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/897883 |access-date= 15 October 2024}}
- Morris West – The Devil's Advocate
Short stories
- Ethel Anderson – The Little Ghosts{{cite web|title= The Little Ghosts by Ethel Anderson|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/859184|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- David Campbell – Flame and Shadow : Selected Stories{{cite web|title= Flame and Shadow : Selected Stories by David Campbell|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/736141|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- A. Bertram Chandler
- "Chance Encounter"{{cite web|title= "Chance Encounter" by A. Bertram Chandler|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?71699|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- "The Man Who Could Not Stop"{{cite web|title= "The Man Who Could Not Stop" by A. Bertram Chandler|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?74430|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- David Forrest – "That Barambah Mob"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "That Barambah Mob" by David Forrest|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C102876|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- Hal Porter
- "Country Town"{{cite web|title= Austlit —"Country Town" by Hal Porter |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C15994|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- "Fiend and Friend"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Fiend and Friend" by Hal Porter |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C15527|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – N'goola and Other Stories{{cite web|title= N'goola and Other Stories by Katharine Susannah Prichard |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/468275|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
- Judith Wright — "In the Park"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "In the Park" by Judith Wright |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C11999|access-date= 19 April 2024}}
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Eleanor Spence – The Summer in Between{{cite web|title= The Summer in Between by Eleanor Spence|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2272428 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Kylie Tennant – All the Proud Tribesmen
- Norman Barnett Tindale and H. A. Lindsay – Rangatira{{cite web|title= Rangatira by Norman Barnett Tindale and H. A. Lindsay|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1655754 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
Poetry
{{Main|1959 in poetry}}
- John Blight – "A Sailor's Grave"{{cite web|title= "A Sailor's Grave" by John Blight|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C264753|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- David Campbell – "We Took the Storms to Bed"{{cite web|title= "We Took the Storms to Bed" by David Campbell |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C276982|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Bruce Dawe – "The City : Midnight"{{cite web|title= "The City : Midnight" by Bruce Dawe|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C269348|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Rosemary Dobson
- "Captain Svenson"{{cite web|title= "Captain Svenson" by Rosemary Dobson|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C77694|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- "The Edge"{{cite web|title= "The Edge" by Rosemary Dobson|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C242694|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- R. D. Fitzgerald – "Quayside Meditation"{{cite web|title= "Quayside Meditation" by R. D. Fitzgerald|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C124417|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- William Hart-Smith – Poems of Discovery{{cite web|title= Poems of Discovery by William Hart-Smith|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/600647 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Gwen Harwood – "Prize-Giving"{{cite web|title= "Prize-Giving" by Gwen Harwood|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C12874|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Charles Higham – The Earthbound and Other Poems{{cite web|title= The Earthbound and Other Poems by Charles Higham|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2286092 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- A. D. Hope – "Agony Column"{{cite web|title= "Agony Column" by A. D. Hope|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C130792|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Lionel Lindsay – Discobolus and Other Verse{{cite web|title= Discobolus and Other Verse by [Lionel Lindsay|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2065273 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Nan McDonald – The Lighthouse and Other Poems{{cite web|title= The Lighthouse and Other Poems by Nan McDonald|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/742435 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- John Manifold – "On the Boundary"
- David Martin – "Gordon Childe"{{cite web|title= "Gordon Childe" by David Martin|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C259669|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Ian Mudie – The Blue Crane{{cite web|title= The Blue Crane by Ian Mudie|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2286603 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Elizabeth Riddell
- "After Lunik Two"{{cite web|title= "After Lunik Two" by Elizabeth Riddell|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C45435|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- "Suburban Song"{{cite web|title= "Suburban Song" by Elizabeth Riddell|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C79758|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Douglas Stewart – "Leopard-Skin"{{cite web|title= "Leopard-Skin" by Douglas Stewart |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C194601|access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe – The Music of Division{{cite web|title= The Music of Division by Chris Wallace-Crabbe|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/877763 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
Biography
- Charmian Clift – Peel Me a Lotus{{cite web|title= Peel Me a Lotus by Charmian Clift|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/706541 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
- Mary Durack – Kings in Grass Castles
- Errol Flynn – My Wicked, Wicked Ways
- Ion Idriess – The Tin Scratchers
- Peter Ryan – Fear Drive My Feet{{cite web|title= Fear Drive My Feet by Peter Ryan|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2377710 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
Children's and Young Adult non-fiction
Awards and honours
=Literary=
=Children and Young Adult=
| class="wikitable" width=95%
! Award ! Category ! Author ! Title ! Publisher |
| rowspan=3|Children's Book of the Year Award[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114847166 "Children's Book of the Year Award Shared" The Canberra Times, 11 July 1959, p11]
| rowspan=2|Older Readers | Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Geraldine Spence |
| John Gunn, illustrated by Brian Keogh
| Constable |
| Picture Book
| No award | | |
=Poetry=
| class="wikitable" width=95%
! Award ! Author ! Title ! Publisher |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C116315 Austlit - The Wind at Your Door by R. D. Fitzgerald]
| Talkarra Press |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1959 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 10 January – Gabrielle Carey, writer (died 2023){{cite web|title= Gabrielle Carey (1959-2023)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24962|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
- 28 January – Philip Hodgins, poet (died 1995){{cite web|title= Hodgins, Ian Philip (1959–1995) by Chris Wallace-Crabbe |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hodgins-ian-philip-23841|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
- 18 May – Sophie Masson, novelist{{cite web|title= Sophie Masson |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A50370|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
- 27 June – Stephen Dedman, writer{{cite web|title= Stephen Dedman |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A35000|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
- 13 September – Andy Kissane, poet{{cite web |title=Andy Kissane |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2633 |accessdate=11 July 2023 |publisher=Austlit}}
- 13 October – Doug MacLeod, children's writer, poet, screenwriter and playwright (died 2021){{cite web|title= Doug MacLeod |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A17467|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
- 25 November – Merlinda Bobis, writer and academic{{cite web|title= Merlinda Bobis |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A33568|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
Unknown date
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1959 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 15 July – Vance Palmer, novelist (born 1885){{cite web|title= Palmer, Edward Vivian (Vance) (1885–1959) by Geoffrey Serle |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-edward-vivian-vance-7946|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
- 14 October – Errol Flynn, author and actor (born 1909){{cite web|title= Flynn, Errol Leslie (1909–1959) by William Bryden |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/flynn-errol-leslie-6364|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
See also
References
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