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1987 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1987.

Events edit

Major publications edit

Novels edit

Short stories edit

Children's and young adult fiction edit

Poetry edit

Drama edit

Science fiction and fantasy edit

Crime and mystery edit

Non-fiction edit

Awards and honours edit

Lifetime achievement edit

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[18] Not awarded
Patrick White Award[19] William Hart-Smith

Literary edit

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[20] Jessica Anderson Stories from the Warm Zone Penguin
ALS Gold Medal[21] Alan Wearne The Nightmarkets Penguin
Colin Roderick Award[22] Nancy Phelan Home is the Sailor and the Best of Intentions Hyland House

Fiction edit

International edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[23] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Blanche d'Alpuget Winter in Jerusalem Heinemann

National edit

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[24] Jessica Anderson Stories from the Warm Zone Penguin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[25] Jim Sakkas Ilias Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[26] Glenda Adams Dancing on Coral Viking Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] Glenda Adams Dancing on Coral Viking Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[28] Janine Burke Second Sight Greenhouse Publications

Poetry edit

Award Author Title Publisher
Anne Elder Award[29] Sarah Day A Hunger to be Less Serious Angus & Robertson
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[30] Elizabeth Riddell Occasions of Birds and Other Poems Brindabella Press
Mary Gilmore Award[31] Jan Owen Boy with Telescope Angus & Robertson
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[32] Philip Hodgins Blood and Bone Angus & Robertson
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[33] Lily Brett The Auschwitz Poems Scribe

Children and Young Adult edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[34] Simon French All We Know Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[35] Junko Morimoto, translated by Isao Morimoto Kojuro and the Bears Random House

Non-fiction edit

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[36] Robert Hughes The Fatal Shore Knopf
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[37] Patrick O'Farrell The Irish In Australia University of New South Wales Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[38] Hugh Stretton Political Essays

Deaths edit

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1987 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Austlit — Waiting for Childhood by Sumner Locke Elliott". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Austlit — Kewpie Doll by Barbara Hanrahan". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Austlit — Paper Nautilus by Nicholas Jose". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Austlit — Amy's Children by Olga Masters". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Austlit — Pemulwuy, the Rainbow Warrior by Eric Wilmot". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Austlit — It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ^ Lewis, Julie (1987). The Walls of Jericho. Fremantle, W.A : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 978-0-949206-16-9.
  8. ^ "Austlit — Alice in Wormland by Dorothy hewett". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Austlit — Me and the Man in the Moon by Dorothy Hewtt". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Austlit — Windy Gully by Wendy Richardson". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Austlit — The January Zone by Peter Corris". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Austlit — Grim Pickings by Jennifer Rowe". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Rosemary de Brissac Dobson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  14. ^ "David George Joseph Malouf". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Peter Walkinshaw Cowan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Ruth Park (Mrs Niland)". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Dr Frederica Lucy Erickson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1980-87". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  20. ^ ""Popular Australian author dies"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 July 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  21. ^ "ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  23. ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  25. ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Austlit — Dancing on Coral - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  27. ^ "Austlit — Christina Stead Prize 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  28. ^ "Austlit — Vance Palmer Prize 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  29. ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1985-88". Austlit. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  30. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  32. ^ "Austlit — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  33. ^ ""Victorian fiction award to Janine Burke"". The Canberra Times, 16 September 1987, p26. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  34. ^ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  35. ^ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  36. ^ ""The Age Book of the Year Award - Non-Fiction 1987"". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  37. ^ ""The Irish in Australia"". LibraryThing. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  38. ^ ""Victorian fiction award to Janine Burke"". The Canberra Times, 16 September 1987, p26. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  39. ^ "Cyril Altson Pearl (1904–1987) by Patrick Buckridge". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  40. ^ Kent, Jacqueline, "Kenneth Bernard Cook (1929–1987)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 19 October 2023
  41. ^ "Barnard, Marjorie Faith (Marjory) (1897–1987) by Jill Roe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  42. ^ "FitzGerald, Robert David (Bob) (1902–1987) by Stuart Lee". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  43. ^ "Perry, Grace Amelia (1927-1987)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  44. ^ "Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987) by Lisa MacKinney and Jenny Gregory". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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