This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.

Major publications

Books

Mena Calthorpe Mena Ivy Bright Calthorpe (1905–1996) was an Australian writer, who was once short listed for the Miles Franklin Award. Personal life Calthorpe (née Field) was born in Goulburn, New South Wales and was a keen writer from an early age. Educ ...

– ''The Defectors'' *

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 ...

– ''

Remember Jack Hoxie ''Remember Jack Hoxie'' is a 1969 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary. It was a deliberate departure from the author after writing a series of adventure novels, being set in the world of pop music. Plot An insurance adjuster accompanies ...

'' * Dymphna Cusack – '' The Half-Burnt Tree'' * Sumner Locke Elliott – ''

Edens Lost ''Edens Lost'' is a 1989 Australian mini-series based on the novel of the same title by Sumner Locke Elliott, produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Central Independent Television. Gillian Armstrong and Margaret Fink had pl ...

'' * George Johnston – '' Clean Straw for Nothing'' *

Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his non-fiction novel ''Schindler's Ark'', the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, wh ...

– '' The Survivor'' * D'Arcy Niland – '' Dead Men Running''

Short stories

Manning Clark Charles Manning Hope Clark, (3 March 1915 – 23 May 1991) was an Australian historian and the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume ''A History of Australia'', published between 1962 and 1987. He has been descri ...

– ''Disquiet and Other Stories'' *

Lyndall Hadow Lyndall Hadow (1903–1976) was a Western Australian short story writer and journalist. The Lyndall Hadow Annual Award for Short Stories was created by the Fellowship of Australian Writers Western Australia (FAWWA) in 1977 to honour her. Life ...

– ''Full Cycle and Other Stories'' *

T. A. G. Hungerford Thomas Arthur Guy Hungerford, AM (5 May 191519 June 2011) was an Australian writer, noted for his World War II novel '' The Ridge and the River'', and his short stories that chronicle growing up in South Perth, Western Australia during the Gr ...

– "Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox" * Frank Moorhouse – ''Futility and Other Animals'' *

Dal Stivens Dallas George "Dal" Stivens (31 December 1911 – 15 June 1997) was an Australian writer who produced six novels and eight collections of short stories between 1936, when ''The Tramp and Other Stories'' was published, and 1976, when his last colle ...

– ''Selected Stories 1936-1968''

Children's and Young Adult fiction

* Hesba Brinsmead – ''Isle of the Sea Horse'' *

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 ...

– ''Peter and Butch'' *

Ivan Southall Ivan Francis Southall AM, DFC (8 June 192115 November 2008) was an Australian writer best known for young adult fiction. He wrote more than 30 children's books, six books for adults, and at least ten works of history, biography or other non-fi ...

– ''Finn's Folly'' *

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 appoin ...

– ''Jamberoo Road'' * Colin Thiele – ''Blue Fin''

Poetry

Bruce Beaver Bruce Victor Beaver (14 February 1928 – 17 February 2004) was an Australian poet and novelist. Biography Beaver was born in Manly, New South Wales. He was educated at the Manly Public School and at the Sydney Boys' High School. He worked at ...

– '' Letters to Live Poets'' *

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 nu ...

** "Barn Owl" ** "Father and Child" *

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 ...

– ''New Poems 1956-1969'' * James McAuley – ''Surprises of the Sun'' *

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf AO (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Quee ...

– "The Year of the Foxes" * Les Murray – '' The Weatherboard Cathedral'' *

Thomas Shapcott Thomas William Shapcott (born 21 March 1935) is an Australian poet, novelist, playwright, editor, librettist, short story writer and teacher. Biography Thomas William Shapcott was born in Ipswich, Queensland, and attended the Ipswich Grammar ...

– ''Inwards to the Sun : Poems'' *

Randolph Stow Julian Randolph Stow (28 November 1935 – 29 May 2010) was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet. Early life Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, Randolph Stow was the son of Mary Campbell Stow née Sewell and Cedric Ernest Stow, a ...

– '' A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems''

Plays

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 ...

- ''Mrs Porter and the Angel''

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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 1 April –

Larissa Behrendt Larissa Yasmin Behrendt (born 1969) is an Australian legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. she is a professor of law and director of research and academic programs at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education ...

, novelist and academic * 23 October –

Trudi Canavan Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies '' The Black Magician'' and '' Age of the Five''. While establishing her writing career she worked as a graphic de ...

, novelist Unknown date *

Tegan Bennett Daylight Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969, in Sydney) is an Australian writer of novels and short stories. She is best known as a fiction writer, teacher and critic, publishing both books of non-fiction and numerous short stories. She has also written ...

, 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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. * 8 July – Charmian Clift, novelist (born 1923) * 12 July —

Henry George Lamond Henry George Lamond (13 June 1885 – 12 July 1969) was an Australian farmer and writer, notable for his novels about the land, people and animals of outback Queensland. In addition to his fiction and non-fiction books, he wrote over 900 essays ...

, novelist (born 1885) * 4 September – Emily Bulcock, poet and journalist (born 1877) * 2 October – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (born 1883) * 11 October –

Marie Bjelke Petersen Marie Caroline Bjelke Petersen (23 December 1874 – 11 October 1969) was a Danish-Australian novelist and physical culture teacher. She wrote nine popular romance novels between 1917 and 1937. Her novels were set in Australia, mostly in rural ...

, novelist (born 1874) * 21 November –

Norman Lindsay Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his genera ...

, novelist and artist (born 1879) * 27 November – May Gibbs, writer for children (born 1877) Unknown date *

Kathleen Dalziel Kathleen Dalziel (1881-1969) was an Australian writer who was born in Durban, Colony of Natal The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government ha ...

, poet (born 1881)

References

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Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Plays

Awards and honours

Literary

Children and Young Adult

Poetry

Births

Deaths

See also

References