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1931 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1931. Novels * M. Barnard Eldershaw – ''Green Memory'' * Miles Franklin ** '' Back to Bool Bool'' ** '' Old Blastus of Bandicoot'' * Jack Lindsay – ''Cressida's First Lover : A Tale of Ancient Greece'' * Alice Grant Rosman – ''The Sixth Journey'' * E. V. Timms – ''Whitehall'' * Arthur W. Upfield – '' The Sands of Windee'' Short stories * J. H. M. Abbott – ''The King's School and Other Tales for Old Boys'' * Vance Palmer – ''Separate Lives'' * Henry Handel Richardson – ''Two Studies'' Children's and Young Adult * Mary Grant Bruce – ''Bill of Billabong'' * Frank Dalby Davison – '' Man-Shy'' * Lilian Turner – ''Two Take the Road'' Poetry * Mary Gilmore – ''The Rue Tree : Poems'' * Ronald McCuaig – "Love Me and Never Leave Me" * John Shaw Neilson – "The Bard and the Lizard" * Elizabeth Riddell – " Lifesaver" * Kenneth Slessor – "Five Visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Franklin
Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 187919 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel ''My Brilliant Career'', published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, ''All That Swagger'', was not published until 1936. She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major annual prize for literature about "Australian Life in any of its phases", the Miles Franklin Award. Her impact was further recognised in 2013 with the creation of the Stella Prize, awarded annually for the best work of literature by an Australian woman. Life and career Franklin was born at Talbingo, New South Wales, and grew up in the Brindabella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Riddell
Elizabeth Riddell (21 March 1910 – 3 July 1998) was an Australian poet and journalist. Life Born in Napier, New Zealand, Elizabeth Richmond Riddell came to Australia in 1928 where she worked at ''Smith's Weekly'' and won a Walkley Award. She married Edward Neville 'Blue' Greatorex (1901–1964) in Sydney in 1935. The couple did not have children. In 1935 she moved to England and during World War II worked for Ezra Norton at ''The Daily Mirror'', chiefly in New York City. Her first short book of poems, ''The Untrammelled'', was published in 1940. After the war she returned to Australia to continue working as a journalist, and in the 1960s became art critic and feature writer for ''The Australian''. She was the first Walkley Award winner for The Australian, winning in 1968 and 1969 for 'Best Newspaper Feature Story'. In 1986 she was awarded Critic of the Year by the '' Australian Book Review''. Riddell's poetry won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry in 1992 and the Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Australian Literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2019. Major publications Literary fiction * Debra Adelaide, ''Zebra and other stories'' *Tony Birch, ''The White Girl'' * David Brooks, ''The Grass Library'' *Steven Carroll, ''The Year of the Beast'' *Melanie Cheng, ''Room for a Stranger'' *Peggy Frew, ''Islands'' *Peter Goldsworthy, ''Minotaur'' * John Hughes, ''No One'' *Anna Krien, ''Act of Grace'' * Vicki Laveau-Harvie, ''The Erratics'' *Melina Marchetta, ''The Place on Dalhousie'' *Andrew McGahan, ''The Rich Man's House'' (posthumous) *Gerald Murnane, ''A Season on Earth'' *Favel Parrett, ''There Was Still Love'' *Heather Rose, ''Bruny'' * Philip Slalom, ''The Returns'' *Carrie Tiffany, ''Exploded View'' *Lucy Treloar, ''Wolfe Island'' *Christos Tsiolkas, ''Damascus'' *Tara June Winch, ''The Yield'' *Charlotte Wood, ''The Weekend'' Short stories * Josephine Rowe, ''Here Until August'' Children's and young adult fiction * Mem Fox, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Hergenhan
Laurence Thomas Hergenhan (15 March 1931 – 21 July 2019) was an Australian literary scholar. After completing his schooling at St Bernard's College, Katoomba, Hergenhan attended the University of Sydney, where he received his MA in 1953 and Diploma of Education in 1957. He completed his PhD at Birkbeck College in London before returning to Australia in 1960 to take up a lectureship at the University of Tasmania. He was the founder and for many years the editor of ''Australian Literary Studies'' (1963) and the editor of the 1988 ''Penguin New Literary History of Australia'' and published on Xavier Herbert. He was a professor emeritus of The University of Queensland. Hergenhan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1994 for "service to Australian literary scholarship and to education". He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1993. References External links Resources for L. T. Hergenhanat National Library of Australia The Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Oakley
Barry Kingham Oakley (born 24 February 1931)''Who's Who in Australia'' (2010) is an Australian writer.Luke Slattery"10 questions: Barry Oakley, author, 81"''The Australian'', 15 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2016.- Graeme Blundell"Wittily irascible playwright back on stage in 'a late efflorescence'" ''The Australian'' 9 November 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013 Biography Born in Melbourne, Oakley was educated at Christian Brothers College, St Kilda, and the University of Melbourne. He was a secondary school teacher in Victoria from 1955 to 1962, and also lectured in humanities at RMIT University in 1963. He worked as an advertising copywriter and for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), Department of Overseas Trade before his first novel, ''A Wild Ass of a Man'', was published in 1967. He was joint winner of the Captain Cook Bicentenary Literary Award for his 1971 novel ''Let's Hear it for Prendergast''. His early plays were performed at La Mama Theatre (Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2016. Major publications Literary fiction * Melissa Ashley – ''The Birdman's Wife'' * Georgia Blain – ''Between a Wolf and a Dog'' *Hannah Kent – ''The Good People'' * Heather Rose – '' The Museum of Modern Love'' *Josephine Wilson – ''Extinctions'' Children's and young adult fiction * Trace Balla – ''Rockhopping'' * Maxine Beneba Clarke – ''The Patchwork Bike'' * Andy Griffiths – ''The Tree House Fun Book'' and ''The 78-Storey Treehouse'' * Zana Fraillon – ''The Bone Sparrow'' * Tania McCartney – ''Smile/Cry: A Beginner's Book of Feelings'' *Shivaun Plozza – ''Frankie'' * Richard Roxburgh – ''Artie and the Grime Wave'' * Shaun Tan – ''Tales from Outer Suburbia'' * Claire Zorn – ''One Would Think the Deep'' Crime * Jane Harper – '' The Dry'' * David Whish-Wilson – ''Old Scores'' Science fiction and fantasy * Juliet Marillier – ''Den of Wolve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Hazzard
Shirley Hazzard (30 January 1931 – 12 December 2016) was an Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She was born in Australia and also held U.S. citizenship. Hazzard's 1970 novel ''The Bay of Noon'' was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010; her 2003 novel '' The Great Fire'' won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, the Miles Franklin Award and the William Dean Howells Medal."National Book Awards – 2003" website; retrieved 27 March 2012. Hazzard also wrote nonfiction, including two books based on her experiences working at the |
Angus & Robertson
Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: Angus & Robertson, 1888–1945". In: ''The History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945''. (Edited by Martyn Lyons & John Arnold), pp. 27–36. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. This well known Australian brand currently exists as an online shop owned by online bookseller Booktopia. The Angus & Robertson imprint is still seen in books published by HarperCollins, a News Corporation company. Bookselling history The first bookstore was opened in 110½ Market Street, Sydney by Scotsman David Mackenzie Angus (1855-1901) in 1884; it initially sold only secondhand books. In 1886, he went into partnership with fellow Scot George Robertson. This George Robertson should not be confused with his older contemporary, George Robertson th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALS Gold Medal
The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the Australian Literature Society, then from 1983 by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, when the two organisations were merged. Award winners 2020s * 2022: Andy Jackson, ''Human Looking'' * 2021: Nardi Simpson – ''Song of the Crocodile'' *2020: Charmaine Papertalk Green — ''Nganajungu Yagu'' 2010s * 2019: Pam Brown — ''click here for what we do'' * 2018: Shastra Deo – ''The Agonist'' * 2017: Zoe Morrison – ''Music and Freedom'' * 2016: Brenda Niall – ''Mannix'' * 2015: Jennifer Maiden – ''Drones and Phantoms'' * 2014: Alexis Wright – ''The Swan Book'' * 2013: Michelle de Kretser – ''Questions of Travel'' * 2012: Gillian Mears – ''Foal's Bread'' * 2011: Kim Scott – '' That Deadman Dance'' * 2010: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tin Soldier (radio Play)
''The Tin Soldier'' is a 1931 Australian musical comedy for radio. It was written by Fred Whaite of ABC radio. The production was considered a "huge success". It was the second musical comedy written for Australian radio, following ''On the Air''. The play was set in Mexico during revolution. See also * 1931 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1931. Novels * M. Barnard Eldershaw – ''Green Memory'' * Miles Franklin ** '' Back to Bool Bool'' ** '' Old Blastus of Bandicoot'' * Jack L ... References External linksThe Tin Soldierat Austlit {{DEFAULTSORT:Tin Soldier 1930s Australian musicals 1930s Australian radio musicals 1931 radio dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Epic Of Central Australian Gold Discovery
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian anime convention * Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) * Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 ** AN Railway, a successor company, 2002– * Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization * Australian National Railways Commission, an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 * Antonov, a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media * Antv, an Indonesian television network * ''Astronomische Nachrichten'', or ''Astronomical Notes'', an international astronomy journal * ''Avisa Nordland'', a Norwegian newspaper * '' Sweet Bean'' (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Idriess
Ion Llewellyn Idriess (20 September 18896 June 1979) was a prolific and influential Australian author. He wrote more than 50 books over 43 years between 1927 and 1969 – an average of one book every 10 months, and twice published three books in one year (1932 and 1940). His first book was ''Madman's Island'', published in 1927 at the age of 38, and his last was written at the age of 79. Called ''Challenge of the North'', it told of Idriess's ideas for developing the north of Australia. Two of his works, ''The Cattle King'' (1936) and ''Flynn of the Inland'' (1932) had more than forty reprintings. Biography Early years Idriess was born in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney, to Juliette Windeyer (who had been born as Juliette Edmunds in 1865 at Binalong) and Walter Owen Idriess (a sheriff's officer born in 1862, who had emigrated from Dolgellau, in Wales). At birth Ion Idriess's name was registered as "Ion Windeyer", although he never seems to have used this name. From his late te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
