1975 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1975.

For an overview of world literature see 1975 in literature.

See also: 1974 in Australian literature, 1975 in Australia, 1976 in Australian literature.

Events

    Major publications

    Books

    Short stories

    Science Fiction and Fantasy

    Children's and Young Adult fiction

    Poetry

    Drama

    Biography

    Non-fiction

    Awards and honours

    Lifetime achievement

    Award Author
    Patrick White Award David Campbell

    Literary

    Award Author Title Publisher
    ALS Gold Medal No award
    Colin Roderick Award[1] Denis Murphy T.J. Ryan University of Queensland Press
    Miles Franklin Award[2] Xavier Herbert Poor Fellow My Country Fontana Books

    Children and Young Adult

    Award Category Author Title Publisher
    Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[3] No award
    Picture Book[3] A. B. Paterson, illustrated by Quentin Hole The Man from Ironbark Collins

    Poetry

    Award Author Title Publisher
    Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] Gwen Harwood Selected Poems Angus and Robertson

    Births

    A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1975 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

    Deaths

    A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1975 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

    • 11 January — Paul Grano, poet and journalist (born 1894)

    Unknown date

    See also

    References

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