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1963 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1963. Major publications Books * Jessica Anderson – '' An Ordinary Lunacy'' * Jon Cleary – '' Forests of the Night'' * Sumner Locke Elliott – '' Careful, He Might Hear You'' * Catherine Gaskin – ''The Tilsit Inheritance'' * Brian James – ''Hopeton High'' * Barbara Jefferis – ''Wild Grapes'' * Mungo MacCallum – ''Son of Mars'' * Randolph Stow – ''Tourmaline'' * Arthur Upfield – ''The Body at Madman's Bend'' * Morris West – '' The Shoes of the Fisherman'' Short stories * A. Bertram Chandler – ''Beyond the Galactic Rim'' * Jon Cleary – ''Pillar of Salt and Other Stories'' * Peter Cowan – "The Voice" * Frank Hardy – ''Legends from Benson's Valley'' * Shirley Hazzard ** ''Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories'' ** "The Picnic" * Xavier Herbert – ''Larger Than Life : Twenty Short Stories'' * Hal Porter ** "Gretel" ** "Young Woman in a Wimple" * Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Anderson (writer)
Jessica Margaret Anderson (née Queale; 25 September 19169 July 2010) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Born in Gayndah, Anderson lived the bulk of her life in Sydney apart from a few years in London. She began her career writing short stories for newspapers and drama scripts for radio, especially adaptations of well-known novels. Embarking on her career as a novelist relatively late in life - her first novel was published when she was 47 - her early novels attracted little attention. She rose to prominence upon the publication of her fourth novel, ''Tirra Lirra by the River'', published in 1978. Although she remains best known for this work, several of her novels have garnered high acclaim, most notably ''The Impersonators'' (1980) and ''Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories'' (1987), both of which have won awards. She won the Miles Franklin Literary Award twice, and has been published in Britain and the United States. Jessica Anderson died at Elizabet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Herbert
Xavier Herbert (born Alfred Jackson; 15 May 190110 November 1984) was an Australian writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel '' Poor Fellow My Country'' (1975). He was considered one of the elder statesmen of Australian literature. He is also known for short story collections and his autobiography ''Disturbing Element''. Life and career Herbert was born Alfred Jackson in Geraldton, Western Australia, in 1901, the illegitimate son of Amy Victoria Scammell and Benjamin Francis Herbert, a Welsh-born engine driver. He was registered at birth as Alfred Jackson, son of John Jackson, auctioneer, with whom his mother had already had two children. Before writing he worked many jobs in Western Australia and Victoria; his first job was in a pharmacy at the age of fourteen. He studied pharmacy at Perth Technical College and was registered as a pharmacist on 21 May 1923 as Alfred Xavier Herbert. He moved to Melbourne, and in 1935 enrolled at the University of Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Hewett
Dorothy Coade Hewett (21 May 1923 – 25 August 2002) was an Australian playwright, poet and author, and a romantic feminist icon. In writing and in her life, Hewett was an experimenter. As her circumstances and beliefs changed, she progressed through different literary styles: Modernist poetry, modernism, socialist realism, Expressionism (theatre), expressionism and ''List of avant-garde artists, avant garde''. She was a member of the Australian Communist Party in the 1950s and 1960s, which informed her work during that period. In her lifetime she had 22 plays performed, and she published nine collections of poetry, three novels and many other prose works. There have been four anthologies of her poetry. She received many awards and has been frequently included in Australian literature syllabuses at schools and universities. She was regularly interviewed by the media in her later years, and was often embroiled in controversy, even after her death. Early life and education Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Harwood
Gwen Harwood (née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, 8 June 19205 December 1995) was an Australian poet and librettist. Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won numerous poetry awards and prizes, and one of Australia's most significant poetry prizes, the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize is named for her. Her work is commonly studied in schools and university courses. Gwen Harwood was the mother of the author John Harwood. Life Harwood was born on 8 June 1920 in Taringa, a suburb of Brisbane. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School and was an organist at All Saints' Church when she was young. She completed a music teacher's diploma, and also worked as a typist at the War Damage Commission from 1942. Early in her life, she developed an interest in literature, philosophy and music. She married linguist Bill Harwood in September 1945, shortly after which they moved to Oyster Cove south of Hobart as he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Dawe
Donald Bruce Dawe (15 February 1930 – 1 April 2020) was an Australian poet and academic. Some critics consider him one of the most influential Australian poets of all time.Australian Biography: Bruce Dawe, National Film and Sound Archive Accessed 19 February 2022 Dawe received numerous poetry awards in Australia and was named an . He taught literature in universities for over 30 years. Dawe's poetry collection, ''Sometimes Gladness,'' sold over 100,000 copies in several printings. Early life Br ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Boy (novel)
''Storm Boy'' is a 1964 Australian children's novel written by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican. The story, set in the Coorong region of South Australia, focuses on the relationships the boy has with his father Hide-Away Tom, the pelican, and an outcast Australian Aboriginal man called Fingerbone. The story has been dramatised several times. The 1976 film adaptation '' Storm Boy'' won the Jury and Best Film prizes at the 1977 AFI Awards. Plot summary Storm Boy likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast among the dunes that face out into the Southern Ocean. After a pelican mother is shot, Storm Boy rescues the three baby pelicans and nurses them back to health. He names them Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival. After he releases them, his favourite, Mr Percival, returns. The story then concentrates on the conflict between his lifestyle, the externally imposed requirement for him to attend a school, the fate of the pelican, and the relationship of the boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Laurel
''The Green Laurel'' (1963) is a novel for children by Australian author Eleanor Spence; it was illustrated by Geraldine Spence. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1964. Story outline The novel centres on a girl whose father runs a fair-ground train at a holiday resort. Illness forces him to give up his job and the family move to a Sydney suburb close to a migrant camp. Critical reception Writing in ''The Canberra Times'' K. Masterman noted: "The interesting and fascinating story brings out well the character of the two contrasted environments, and without any suggestion of preaching establishes the sound values that are felt without needing to be expressed in this writer's work." Awards * 1964 – winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers See also * 1963 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1963. Events *January – ''Novy Mir'' publishes "Matryona's Home", the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Spence
Eleanor Spence (1928–2008) was an Australian author of novels for young adults and older children. Her books explore a wide range of issues, including Australian history, religion, autism, bigotry, materialism and alienation. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2006 Australia Day Honours. Biography Eleanor Rachel Therese Spence was born on 21 October 1928 in Sydney, Australia. She attended the University of Sydney, gaining her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. During the next decade she worked as a teacher and as a children's librarian. These experiences led to her interest in writing for young people. Her first novel, ''Patterson's Track'', was published in 1958. Eleanor Spence was awarded the Children's Book Council of Australia, CBCA Book of the Year in 1964 for ''The Green Laurel'' and in 1977 for ''The October Child''. ''Me and Jeshua'' and ''The Family Book of Mary Claire'' received CBCA commendations, and ''Seventh Pebble'' won the Ethel Turner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Phipson
Joan Margaret Phipson AM (1912–2003) was an Australian children's writer. She lived on a farm in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and many of her books evoke the stress and satisfaction of living in the Australian countryside, floods, bushfires, drought and all. Two of her novels, '' Good Luck to the Rider'' and '' The Family Conspiracy'', won the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award. Biography Joan Phipson was born in Warrawee, New South Wales, on 16 November 1912, to English parents. She spent much of her childhood traveling between Australia, England and India. She attended the Frensham School, where she later worked as a librarian and printer, setting up Frensham Press. She studied journalism and worked for Reuters in London before the war. From 1941 to 1944 she served as a telegraphist in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force. She married Colin Fitzhardinge in 1944 and they settled in the NSW countryside. Her first children's book, about a girl on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Lambert (author)
Eric Frank Lambert (19 January 1918 – 16 April 1966) was an Australian author and a sometime member of the Communist Party of Australia. Early life Born in London in 1918, Eric Lambert emigrated to Australia at the age of 2 with his parents – they settled in Manly, Sydney. He left school at the age of 17 and worked in a garage having been denied the grammar school and university education he hankered after. In 1940 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He saw action in the Middle East with the 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion (January 1941 – October 1942) and the 2/15th Battalion (to January 1943). From August 1943 he was in Papua New Guinea with the 2/15th, returning home in March 1944. While in Singapore (September – October 1945) assisting the repatriation of prisoners of war from Changi, he was promoted to Sergeant. He was discharged in Melbourne on 7 December 1945. Determined to work for the cause of peace, soon meeting and joining forces with Frank Hardy, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (Australian Writer)
John Gunn (born 26 February 1925) is an Australian writer, sailor and aviator. Education Gunn attended Newington College aged 12 in 1937.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 75 He entered the Royal Australian Naval College as a cadet-midshipman in 1939. In 1946 he began training as a Fleet Air Arm pilot, serving in England and the Mediterranean. He returned to Australia in 1949 and attended Sydney University, aborting the study of medicine to start a family. Career Gunn and his young family moved to England, where he began his writing career. In 1957 they returned to Australia. He attained various positions including: *Literary guide and friend to the Australian Broadcasting Commission's children's programme. *Aviation correspondent for the ''Australian Financial Review'' Bibliography Novels * ''The Wild Abyss'' (1972) * ''Water Hazard'' (1995) Novels for children * ''Barrier Reef Espionage'' (1955) * ''Battle in the Ice'' (1956) * ''Gibra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Chauncy
Nan Chauncy (28 May 1900 – 1 May 1970) was a British-born Australian children's writer. Early life Chauncy was born Nancen Beryl Masterman in Northwood, Middlesex (now in London), and emigrated to Tasmania, Australia, with her family in 1912, when her engineer father was offered a job with the Hobart City Council. She attended St Michael's Collegiate School in Hobart. In 1914, the family moved to the rural community of Bagdad, where they grew apple trees. The bush setting of Bagdad, including a bushranger's cave, would inspire some of her future writing, and also a lifelong involvement with the Australian Girl Guides movement. Initially organising Guide meetings and camps at her brother's Bagdad property, Chauncy started her own Guide troop in Claremont where she worked as a women's welfare officer at the Cadbury's Chocolate Factory from 1925.Berenice Eastman'Chauncy, Nancen Beryl (Nan) (1900–1970)' '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 13, Melbourne Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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