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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1966.


Major publications


Books

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James Aldridge Harold Edward James Aldridge (10 July 1918 – 23 February 2015) was an Australian-British writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction works, ...
** ''My Brother Tom'' ** ''The Statesman's Games'' *
Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...
** '' The High Commissioner'' ** ''
The Pulse of Danger ''The Pulse of Danger'' is a 1966 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary. It is set in Bhutan with the background of the Sino-Indian War. A small group of Western botanists have just finished an expedition and are returning to India where ...
'' * Peter Cowan – ''Seed'' * Elizabeth Harrower – ''
The Watch Tower ''The Watch Tower'' (1966) is a novel by Australian author Elizabeth Harrower. Plot outline Laura and Clare Vaizey are sisters living in Sydney in the period around World War II. When their father dies and their class-conscious mother decides ...
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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 f ...
– ''The Evening of the Holiday'' *
Morris Lurie Moses "Morris" Lurie (30 October 19388 October 2014) was an Australian writer of comic novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's books. His work focused on the comic mishaps of Jewish-Australian men (often writers) of Lurie's generati ...
– ''Rappaport'' *
Peter Mathers Peter Mathers (1931 in England – 8 November 2004 in Melbourne) was an English-born Australian author and playwright. Mathers' family emigrated to Australia while he was a child. He attended state school in Sydney, and later Sydney Technical Co ...
– ''
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Christina Stead Christina Stead (17 July 190231 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. Christina Stead was a committed Marxist, although she was never a mem ...
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Dark Places of the Heart ''Dark Places of the Heart'' (1966) is a novel by Australian writer Christina Stead. This novel is also known by Stead's preferred title ''Cotter's England''. Story outline Set in post-war northern England the novel follows the fortunes of Nel ...
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Arthur Upfield Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 12 February 1964) was an English-Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a mixed-race ...
– ''The Lake Frome Monster'' *
Judah Waten Judah Leon Waten Member of the Order of Australia, AM (29 July 191129 July 1985) was an Australian novelist who was at one time seen as the voice of Australian migrant writing. Life and career Born in Odessa to a History of the Jews in Russia ...
– ''Season of Youth'' *
Patrick White Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was a British-born Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections, and eight plays, from 1935 to 1987. White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, ...
– ''
The Solid Mandala ''The Solid Mandala'' is the seventh published novel by Australian author Patrick White, Nobel Prize winner of 1973, first published in 1966. It details the story of two brothers, Waldo and Arthur Brown, with a focus on the facets of their symbiot ...
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Short stories

* James Hackston – ''Father Clears Out'' * Elizabeth Harrower – "The Beautiful Climate" * D'Arcy Niland – ''Pairs and Loners'' *
Patrick White Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was a British-born Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections, and eight plays, from 1935 to 1987. White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, ...
– "The Full Belly" * Judith Wright – ''The Nature of Love''


Children's and Young Adult fiction

* Mavis Thorpe Clark – ''
The Min-Min ''The Min-Min'' is a 1966 children's novel by Australian author Mavis Thorpe Clark, illustrated by Genevieve Melrose. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1967. Plot outline Set in a squalid fettlers' siding on the ea ...
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Max Fatchen Maxwell Edgar Fatchen, AM (3 August 192014 October 2012) was an Australian children's writer and journalist. Early life Fatchen was born at "Narma" private hospital, South Terrace, Adelaide, the only son of Cecil William Fatchen and Isabel ...
– ''The River Kings'' * Elyne Mitchell – ''Silver Brumby Kingdom'' * Ruth Park ** ''The Muddle-Headed Wombat at School'' ** ''The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Snow'' *
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, flood ...
– ''The Crew of the Merlin'' * Judith Wright – ''The River and the Road''


Poetry

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Vincent Buckley Vincent Thomas Buckley (8 July 1925 – 12 November 1988) was an Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic. Life Buckley was born in 1925 in Romsey, Victoria to Patrick Buckley, a carter and sometime farm labourer, and his wife Fran ...
– ''Arcady and Other Places : Poems'' * Bruce Dawe – "The Not-So-Good Earth" *
William Hart-Smith William Hart-Smith (23 November 1911 – 15 April 1990) was a New Zealand/ Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His family moved to New Zealand in 1924. He had about "seven years of formal schooling" in England, Scot ...
– '' The Talking Clothes: Poems'' *
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 ...
– "Legend of the Green Country" *
A. D. Hope Alec Derwent Hope (21 July 190713 July 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic. He was referred to in an American journal as "the 20th century's greatest 18th-centur ...
– ''Collected Poems 1930 - 1965'' * Les Murray – "Evening Alone at Bunyah" * Oodgeroo Noonuccal – "No More Boomerang" * Judith Wright – ''The Other Half : Poems''


Biography

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Hal Porter Harold Edward "Hal" Porter (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. Biography Porter was born in Albert Park, Victoria, grew up in Bairnsdale, and worked as a journalist, te ...
– ''The Paper Chase'' *
Clement Semmler Clement Semmler OBE, AM (23 December 1914 – 10 August 2000), often referred to as Clem Semmler, was an Australian author, literary critic, broadcaster and radio and television executive. Early life and education Semmler was born Clement Wil ...
– ''Kenneth Slessor''


Non-Fiction

* Geoffrey Blainey – '' The Tyranny of Distance''


Awards and honours


Literary


Children and Young Adult


Poetry


Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 3 June – Kate Forsyth, novelist * 10 October –
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 th ...
, novelist (died
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) * 17 November –
Nikki Gemmell Nikki Gemmell (born 1966) is a best-selling Australian author. She resides in Sydney, Australia. Career Gemmell is the author of fourteen works of fiction and seven non-fiction books. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. Nikki was ...
, novelist Unknown date * Delia Falconer, novelist *
Anna Funder Anna Funder (born 1966) is an Australian author. She is the author of '' Stasiland'' and '' All That I Am'' and the novella ''The Girl With the Dogs''. Life Funder went to primary school in Melbourne and Paris; she attended Star of the Sea Co ...
, novelist *
Malcolm Knox Sir Thomas Malcolm Knox (28 November 1900 – 6 April 1980) was a British philosopher who served as Principal of St Andrews University from 1953–1966 and Vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1975–1978. Biography Knox ...
, novelist


Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by
surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
) of deaths in 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. * 16 April – Eric Lambert, novelist (born
1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...
) * 28 May – Edward Harrington, bush balladist and short story writer (born
1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
) * 18 August – Myra Morris, author and poet (born
1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...
)


See also

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1966 in Australia The following lists events that happened during 1966 in Australia. Incumbents *Monarch – Elizabeth II * Governor-General – Lord Casey *Prime Minister – Sir Robert Menzies (until 26 January), then Harold Holt **Opposition Leader – A ...
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1966 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1966. Events *February – The Nottingham-based chain of pharmacy stores Boots UK closes the last of its circulating " Booklovers' Library" branches. *February 10 †...
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1966 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Raymond Souster founds the League of Canadian Poets * Philip Hobsbaum, who had founded The Belfast Group in Belfast ...
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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 ...
* List of years in literature


References

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