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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1977.


Events

* Ruth Park won the 1977
Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
for ''
Swords and Crowns and Rings ''Swords and Crowns and Rings'' is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Ruth Park. It mainly follows the stories of two children in a town in rural New South Wales across three decades at the start of the 20th century. The p ...
''


Major publications


Books

*
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 ...
– '' High Road to China'' *
Helen Garner Helen Garner (née Ford, born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's first novel, ''Monkey Grip (novel), Monkey Grip'', published in 1977, immediately established her as an origina ...
– '' Monkey Grip'' *
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 ...
– ''
A Victim of the Aurora ''A Victim of the Aurora'' (1977) is a novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally. Abstract In the 1970s, Anthony Piers, the narrator of the story is an aged man living in a rest home who decides to tell the story in flashback. In the Antarct ...
'' *
Colleen McCullough Colleen Margaretta McCullough (; married name Robinson, previously Ion-Robinson; 1 June 193729 January 2015) was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being ''The Thorn Birds'' and ''The Ladies of Missalonghi''. Life ...
– ''
The Thorn Birds ''The Thorn Birds'' is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland, the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans 1 ...
'' * Ruth Park – ''
Swords and Crowns and Rings ''Swords and Crowns and Rings'' is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Ruth Park. It mainly follows the stories of two children in a town in rural New South Wales across three decades at the start of the 20th century. The p ...
''


Short stories

* Frank Moorhouse – ''Tales of Mystery and Romance''


Science fiction and fantasy

*
A. Bertram Chandler Arthur Bertram Chandler (28 March 1912 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England – 6 June 1984 in Sydney, Australia) was an Anglo-Australian merchant marine officer, sailing the world in everything from tramp steamers to troop ships, but who later tur ...
: **''The Far Traveller'' **''Star Courier'' *
Lee Harding Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005. Career Bedrock Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
— ''The Weeping Sky'' * David Lake: **''The Right Hand of Dextra'' **''The Wildings of Westron''


Children's and young adult fiction

*
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 ...
– ''Fly into Danger'' *
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 ...
– ''A Candle for St. Antony'' *
Patricia Wrightson Patricia Wrightson OBE (19 June 1921 – 15 March 2010) was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Employing a 'magic realism' style, her books, including the award-winning ''The Nargun and the Stars' ...
– ''The Ice Is Coming''


Poetry

* Robert Adamson – ''Cross The Border'' *
Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing (7 September 1923 – 19 January 1993) was an Australian poet, writer, editor and promoter of Australian literature. Early life Nancy Keesing was born in Sydney, Australia and attended school at Sydney Church of England Girls' Gr ...
– ''Hails and Farewells'' *
Jennifer Maiden Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) is an Australian poet. She was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 36 books published: 28 poetry collections, 6 novels and 2 nonfiction works. Her current publishers are Quemar Press in Australia and Blooda ...
– ''Mortal Details'' * Les Murray – ''Ethnic Radio'' *
John Tranter John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and founding in 1997 ...
– ''Crying in Early Infancy: 100 Sonnets'' *
Chris Wallace-Crabbe Christopher Keith Wallace-Crabbe (born 6 May 1934) is an Australian poet and emeritus professor in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. Life and career Wallace-Crabbe was born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. His father was Ken ...
– ''The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers''


Drama

*
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 ...
– ''The Golden Oldies'' * Peter Kenna ** ''Mates'' ** ''Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted'' * Louis Nowra – ''Inner Voices'' *
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, ...
– '' Big Toys'' * David Williamson – '' The Club''


Non-fiction

*
Blanche d'Alpuget Josephine Blanche d'Alpuget (born 3 January 1944) is an Australian writer and the second wife of Bob Hawke, the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister of Australia. Background and early career D'Alpuget is the only child of Josephine Curgenven a ...
– ''Mediator: A biography of Sir Richard Kirby'' * Zelda D'Aprano – ''Zelda: The becoming of a woman'' * Fred Daly – ''From Curtin to Kerr'' * John Edwards – ''Life Wasn't Meant to Be Easy: A political profile of Malcolm Fraser'' *
Paul Hasluck Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1969 to 1974. Prior to that, he was a Liberal Party politician, holding min ...
– ''Mucking About: An Autobiography''


Awards and honours


Order of Australia

*
Eleanor Dark Eleanor Dark AO (26 August 190111 September 1985) was an Australian writer whose novels included '' Prelude to Christopher'' (1934) and '' Return to Coolami'' (1936), both winners of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for literature, ...
appointed
Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...
(AO) * Colin Thiele appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)


Lifetime achievement


Literary


Fiction


Children and Young Adult


Poetry


Non-fiction


Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1977 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 7 August — Patrick Holland, novelist and short story writer Unknown date * Jennifer Mills — novelist, short story writer and poet


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 1977 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. * 10 July –
Alec Chisholm Alexander Hugh Chisholm OBE FRZS (28 March 1890 — 10 July 1977) also known as Alec Chisholm, was a noted Australian naturalist, journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists ...
, journalist, ornithologist and encyclopaedist (born
1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...
) * 22 August – Leon Gellert, poet (born
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
) * 2 September –
Pat Flower Patricia Mary Byson Flower (23 February 1914 – 2 September 1977) was an English Australian writer of plays, television plays and novels. Biography She was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England and moved to Australia with her family in 1928. She or ...
, playwright, television scriptwriter and crime novelist (born
1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
) * 12 September –
Les Haylen Leslie Clement "Les" Haylen (23 September 1898 – 12 September 1977), also known by the pen-name Sutton Woodfield, was an Australian politician, playwright, novelist and journalist. Early life Haylen was born on 23 September 1898 at Gundaroo, ...
, politician, playwright, novelist and journalist (born
1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...
)


See also

*
1977 in Australia The following lists events that happened during 1977 in Australia. Incumbents *Monarch – Elizabeth II *Governor-General – Sir John Kerr (until 8 December), then Sir Zelman Cowen *Prime Minister – Malcolm Fraser **Deputy Prime Ministe ...
*
1977 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1977. Events *February 20 – An episode of '' Doctor on the Go'', co-written by Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman, marks the beginning of Adams' career as a writer ...
*
1977 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January – James Dickey, composes a poem he reads at new United States President Jimmy Carter’s inaugural ga ...
*
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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