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1962 in Australian literature

{{Short description|Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1962}}

{{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 1962.

Major publications

= Books =

  • James Aldridge – A Captive in the Land
  • Thea Astley – The Well Dressed Explorer
  • Martin Boyd – When Blackbirds Sing
  • Nancy Cato – But Still the Stream{{cite web|title= But Still the Stream by Nancy Cato|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2279854 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • Jon Cleary – The Country of Marriage
  • Kenneth Cook – Chain of Darkness{{cite web|title= Chain of Darkness by Kenneth Cook|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2248926 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • Dymphna Cusack – Picnic Races
  • Catherine Gaskin – I Know My Love{{cite web|title= I Know My Love by Catherine Gaskin|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1460260 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • George Johnston – The Far Road{{cite web|title= The Far Road by George Johnston|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C91842|access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • Elizabeth Kata – Someone Will Conquer Them{{cite web|title= Someone Will Conquer Them by Elizabeth Kata|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2950677 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • John Naish – The Cruel Field{{cite web|title= The Cruel Field by John Naish|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2277471 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • John O'Grady – Gone Fishin' {{cite web|title= Gone Fishin' by John O'Grady |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1820012 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • Nancy Phelan – The River and the Brook{{cite web|title= The River and the Brook by Nancy Phelan|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/706127 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}
  • E. V. Timms – The Big Country
  • George Turner – The Cupboard Under the Stairs
  • Arthur Upfield – The Will of the Tribe{{cite web|title= The Will of the Tribe by Arthur Upfield|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/590936 |access-date= 17 October 2024}}

= Short stories =

  • Thea Astley – "The Scenery Never Changes"{{cite web|title= "The Scenery Never Changes" by Thea Astley|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C2885|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • Peter Cowan – "The Island"{{cite web|title= The Island" by Peter Cowan|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C90876|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • John Morrison – Twenty-Three : Stories
  • Hal Porter
  • A Bachelor's Children : Short Stories{{cite web|title= A Bachelor's Children : Short Stories by Hal Porter|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2291392|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • "A Double Because it's Snowing"{{cite web|title= "A Double Because it's Snowing" by Hal Porter|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C176172|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • "First Love"{{cite web|title= "First Love" by Hal Porter|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C61480|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • "Francis Silver"{{cite web|title= "Francis Silver" by Hal Porter|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C15320|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • Patrick White
  • "Be Kind to Titina"{{cite web|title= "Be Kind to Titina" by Patrick White|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C248786|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • "The Letters"{{cite web|title= "The Letters" by Patrick White|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C247783|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • "Willy-Wagtails by Moonlight"{{cite web|title= "Willy-Wagtails by Moonlight" by Patrick White|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C247124|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
  • Amy Witting – "The Weight of a Man"{{cite web|title= "The Weight of a Man" by Amy Witting|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C12075|access-date= 4 July 2024}}

= Children's and Young Adult fiction =

  • Nan Chauncy – Half a World Away{{cite web|title= Half a World Away by Nan Chauncy|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2268418|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • John Gunn – City in Danger{{cite web|title= City in Danger by John Gunn|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/968285|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • Ruth Park
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat
  • The Road Under the Sea{{cite web|title= The Road Under the Sea by Ruth Park|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2261793|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • Joan Phipson
  • The Boundary Riders{{cite web|title= 'The Boundary Riders by Joan Phipson|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2496915|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • The Family Conspiracy
  • Ivan Southall – Hills End
  • P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins from A to Z{{cite web|title= Mary Poppins from A to Z by P. L. Travers|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5514892|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • Joan Woodberry – Rafferty Makes a Landfall{{cite web|title= Rafferty Makes a Landfall by Joan Woodberry|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/930233|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • Judith Wright – Range the Mountains High{{cite web|title= Range the Mountains High by Judith Wright|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/807627|access-date= 19 March 2024}}
  • Patricia Wrightson – The Feather Star{{cite web|title= The Feather Star by Patricia Wrightson |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2271459|access-date= 19 March 2024}}

= Poetry =

{{Main|1962 in poetry}}

  • David Campbell – Poems{{cite web|title= Poems by David Campbell|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/542897 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Bruce Dawe – No Fixed Address : Poems{{cite web|title= No Fixed Address : Poems by Bruce Dawe|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2442903 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Geoffrey Dutton – Flowers and Fury : Poems{{cite web|title= Flowers and Fury : Poems by Geoffrey Dutton|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/215982 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • R. D. Fitzgerald – Southmost Twelve
  • Rodney Hall – Penniless Till Doomsday{{cite web|title= Penniless Till Doomsday by Rodney Hall |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2358431 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Gwen Harwood – "The Wine is Drunk"{{cite web|title= "The Wine is Drunk" by Gwen Harwood|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C202234|access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Oodgeroo Noonuccal – "Colour Bar"{{cite web|title= "Colour Bar" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C123123|access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Roland Robsinson – Deep Well{{cite web|title= Deep Well by Roland Robinson|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/774095 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Douglas Stewart – Rutherford and Other Poems{{cite web|title= Rutherford and Other Poems by Douglas Stewart|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2310509 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Randolph Stow – Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962{{cite web|title= Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 by Randolph Stow|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/795635 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Francis Webb
  • "Harry"{{cite web|title= "Harry" by Francis Webb |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C268277|access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • "Pneumo-Encephalograph"{{cite web|title= "Pneumo-Encephalograph" by Francis Webb |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C268225|access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Judith Wright – Birds : Poems{{cite web|title= Birds : Poems by Judith Wright|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/857372 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}

= Biography =

  • Joan Lindsay – Time Without Clocks{{cite web|title= Time Without Clocks by Joan Lindsay|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2147777 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Douglas Lockwood – I, the Aboriginal{{cite web|title= I, the Aboriginal by Douglas Lockwood|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2240039 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}
  • Alan Marshall – This is the Grass{{cite web|title= This is the Grass by Alan Marshall|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/340003 |access-date= 21 October 2024}}

= Non-fiction =

= Drama =

  • Morris West – Daughter of Silence{{cite web|title= Daughter of Silence by Morris West|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/484020 |access-date= 14 October 2024}}
  • Patrick White – The Season at Sarsaparilla

Awards and honours

=Literary=

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! Award

! Author

! Title

! Publisher

ALS Gold Medal[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C180534 Austlit - Masters in Israel by Vincent Buckley]

| Vincent Buckley

| Masters in Israel

| Angus and Robertson

rowspan=2|Miles Franklin Award[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104250851 "The Miles Franklin Award", The Canberra Times, 20 April 1963, p22]

| Thea Astley

| The Well Dressed Explorer

| Angus and Robertson

George Turner

| The Cupboard Under the Stairs

| Cassell

=Children and Young Adult=

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! Award

! Category

! Author

! Title

! Publisher

rowspan=3|Children's Book of the Year Award

| rowspan=2|Older Readers[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131726266 "Award Winners", The Canberra Times, 7 July 1962, p17]

| L. H. Evers

| The Racketty Street Gang

| Hodder & Stoughton

Joan Woodberry

| Rafferty Rides a Winner

| M. Parrish, London

Picture Book

| No award

|

|

=Poetry=

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! Award

! Author

! Title

! Publisher

Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107056128 "Reading by Ipswich Poet" The Canberra Times, 7 June 1968, p14]

| R. D. Fitzgerald

| Southmost Twelve

| Angus and Robertson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

  • 17 April — Joanna Murray-Smith, playwright{{cite web|title= Joanna Murray-Smith |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24114|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}

Unknown date

  • Matthew Condon, novelist{{cite web|title= Matthew Condon |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2790|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
  • Alison Croggon, novelist{{cite web|title= Alison Croggon |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11768|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
  • Luke Davies, novelist{{cite web|title= Luke Davies |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A9489|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
  • Craig Sherborne, poet and playwright{{cite web|title= Craig Sherborne |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20063|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 4 February — Nita Kibble, librarian (born 1879){{cite web|title= Kibble, Nita Bernice (1879–1962) by Jean F. Arnot |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kibble-nita-bernice-6947|access-date= 8 August 2023}}
  • 8 March – Jean Devanny, novelist (born 1894){{cite web|title= Devanny, Jane (Jean) (1894–1962) by Ron Store |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/devanny-jane-jean-5968|accessdate= 22 June 2023}}
  • 9 September – H. M. Green, poet and critic (born 1881){{cite web|title= H. M. Green (1881-1962) |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13356|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
  • 3 December – Mary Gilmore, poet (born 1865){{cite web|title= Gilmore, Dame Mary Jean (1865–1962) by W. H. Wilde |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gilmore-dame-mary-jean-6391|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}

Unknown date

  • Margaret Fane, novelist and poet (born 1887){{cite web|title= Austlit - Margaret Fane (1887-1962)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A362|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}

See also

References

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