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List Of Years In Australian Literature
This page gives a chronological list of years in Australian literature (descending order), with notable publications and events listed with their respective years. The time covered in individual years covers the period of European settlement of the country. See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. 21st century 2020s * 2023 in Australian literature: Death of Andrew Burke, Gabrielle Carey, Ron Pretty, John Tranter * 2022 in Australian literature: Death of Jordie Albiston, Frank Moorhouse, David Ireland, Robert Adamson; '' Cold Enough for Snow'' – Jessica Au; '' Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'' – Shankari Chandran * 2021 in Australian literature: Death of Kate Jennings, Tim Thorne; ''Bodies of Light'' – Jennifer Down * 2020 in Australian literature: Death of Bruce Dawe, Elizabeth Harrower; '' The Labyrinth'' – Amanda Lohrey 2010s * 2019 in Australian literature: Death of Andrew McGahan, Les Murray, Clive Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Of Years In Literature
The table of years in literature is a tabular display of all years in literature for overview and quick navigation to any year. __NOTOC__ ::Contents: #2000s in literature, 2000s ·#1900s in literature, 1900s · #1800s in literature, 1800s · #1700s in literature, 1700s · #1600s in literature, 1600s · #1500s in literature, 1500s · #1400s in literature, 1400s · #Other years in literature, Other 2000s in literature 2000 in literature, 2000 2001 in literature, 2001 2002 in literature, 2002 2003 in literature, 2003 2004 in literature, 2004 2005 in literature, 2005 2006 in literature, 2006 2007 in literature, 2007 2008 in literature, 2008 2009 in literature, 2009 2010 in literature, 2010 2011 in literature, 2011 2012 in literature, 2012 2013 in literature, 2013 2014 in literature, 2014 2015 in literature, 2015 2016 in literature, 2016 2017 in literature, 2017 2018 in literature, 2018 2019 in literature, 2019 2020 in literature, 2020 2021 in literature, 2021 2022 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Thorne
Timothy Colin Thorne (25 March 1944 – 16 September 2021) was an Australian contemporary poet. Career Born in Launceston, Thorne wrote fifteen volumes of poetry, the most recent being ''Running Out of Entropy'' (2018, Walleah Press). In 1985, he inaugurated the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, which he directed until 2001 and which incorporates his invention, the Launceston Poetry Cup, a performance poetry concept now imitated all over Australia and internationally. Thorne had been writer-in-residence with a number of organisations, including the Miscellaneous Workers Union and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, and had worked as a poet in schools, universities and prisons. Awards He was awarded a number of prizes, including Stanford Writing Scholarship, 1971; ''New Poetry'' Award, 1973; Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for poetry, 1978, and the Gleebooks Poetry Sprint, 1995. He won the Launceston Poetry Cup in 2006 and 2008 and was a finalist in the Australian Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara June Winch
Tara June Winch (born 1983) is an Australian writer. She is the 2020 winner of the Miles Franklin Award for her book ''The Yield''. Biography Tara June Winch was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in 1983. Her father is from the Wiradjuri nation in western New South Wales, and she grew up in the coastal area of Woonona within the Wollongong region. She often explores the two geographical places in her fiction. She is based in Australia and France. Her first novel, ''Swallow the Air'' (2006), won several Australian literary awards. The judges for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' Best Young Novelists award wrote that the book "is distinguished by its natural grace and vivid language" and that "As with many first books it deals with issues of family, growing up and stepping into the world. But it strives to connect these experiences to broader social issues, though never in a didactic fashion". In 2008 the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative supported her mentorsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yield
''The Yield'' is a 2019 novel by Tara June Winch. She won the 2020 Miles Franklin Award for this book. The book also won the 2020 Voss Literary Prize and the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction. The novel follows the story of a young Wiradjuri woman returning home to Australia to attend a funeral, and finding her ancestral lands threatened by mining. The novel explores language and features a Wiradjuri language dictionary, as well as themes of colonialism, environmental issues and intergenerational trauma Transgenerational trauma is the psychological and physiological effects that the trauma experienced by people has on subsequent generations in that group. The primary modes of transmission are the uterine environment during pregnancy causing epige .... References 2019 Australian novels Miles Franklin Award-winning works Hamish Hamilton books Books about Indigenous Australians {{2010s-novel-stub Novels set in New South Wales Novels about mining Environ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive James
Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.Clive James — writer, TV broadcaster and critic — dies aged 80 ''ABC News'', 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019. He began his career specialising in literary criticism before becoming television critic for ''The Observer'' in 1972, where he made his name for his wry, deadpan humour. During this period, he earned an independent reputation as a poet and satire, satirist. He achieved mainstream success in the UK first as a writer for television, and eventually as the lead in his own programmes, including ''...on Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Murray (poet)
Leslie Allan Murray (17 October 1938 – 29 April 2019) was an Australian poet, anthologist, and critic. His career spanned over 40 years and he published nearly 30 volumes of poetry as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings. Translations of Murray's poetry have been published in 11 languages: French, German, Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Hindi, Russian, and Dutch. Murray's poetry won many awards and he is regarded as "the leading Australian poet of his generation". He was rated in 1997 by the National Trust of Australia as one of the 100 Australian Living Treasures.National Living Treasures – Current List, Deceased, Formerly Listed National Trust of Australia (NSW), 22 Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McGahan
Andrew McGahan (10 October 1966 – 1 February 2019) was an Australian novelist, best known for his first novel ''Praise'', and for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel ''The White Earth''. His novel ''Praise'' is considered to be part of the Australian literary genre of grunge lit. Early life and education Born in Dalby, Queensland, McGahan was the ninth of ten children and grew up on a wheat farm. His schooling was at St Columba's and St Mary's colleges in Dalby, and then Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane. He commenced an Arts degree at the University of Queensland, but dropped out halfway through, in 1985, to return to the family farm, and to commence his first novel – which was never published. He then spent the next few years working in a variety of jobs, until 1991, when he wrote his first published novel, ''Praise''. Literary career Novels In 1991 McGahan won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for unpublished novels with ''Praise'' – a semi-autobiographical ... [...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] |
Amanda Lohrey
Amanda Frances Lillian Lohrey (; born 13 April 1947) is an Australian writer and novelist. Career Lohrey completed her education at the University of Tasmania before taking up a scholarship at the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1994 she lectured in writing and textual studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane in 2002, and joined the Australian National University School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics as a visiting fellow in 2016 where she continues to write fiction. Awards and nominations * 1988 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ''The Reading Group'' *1996 winner Australian Literature Society Gold Medal ''Camille's Bread'' * 1996 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction ''Camille's Bread'' * 1996 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Labyrinth (Lohrey Novel)
''The Labyrinth'' (2020) is a novel by Australian writer Amanda Lohrey. It won the 2021 Miles Franklin Award, the 2021 Voss Literary Prize, and the 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Award The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Harrower (writer)
Elizabeth Harrower (8 February 1928 – 7 July 2020) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She has been considered "one of the great novelists of Sydney". Much of her work tackles the theme of domestic abuse, particularly the Gaslighting, psychological abuse of vulnerable women at the hands of their manipulative, deceitful and tyrannical male partners. Early life She was born in Sydney but spent her childhood in industrial Newcastle, New South Wales, living with her grandmother after the divorce of her parents. One of her uncles died in the Sandakan death marches. She lived in London from 1951 to 1959. On her return to Sydney she worked as a reviewer for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, ABC, and in publishing.Adelaide, Debra (1988) ''Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide'', London, Pandora, p. 87 Career Harrower published her first three novels in quick succession, beginning with ''Down in the City'' in 1957. Novel ... [...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] |