1983 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1983.

Events
  • The judges of the 1983 Miles Franklin Award announced there was no book entered of sufficient merit to receive the award.[1]

Major publications
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Novels

Short story anthologies

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
  • Joyce Nicholson, for "service to literature and the book publishing industry"[2]
  • Lu Rees, for "service to children's literature and the community"[3]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1983 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 1983 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 20 January — Maie Casey, Baroness Casey, pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist (born 1892)
  • 23 January — Lu Rees, bookseller, book collector and children's literature advocate (born 1901)
  • 31 March — Christina Stead, novelist and short-story writer (born 1902)
  • 25 August — Donald Stuart, novelist whose works include stories with Aboriginal backgrounds and a series recounting his experience as a prisoner of war in Burma in World War II (born 1913)
  • 29 September — Alan Moorehead, war correspondent and author of popular histories (born 1910)
  • 5 December — Gavin Greenlees, poet (born 1930)

See also

References
  1. "No Miles Franklin award last year". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 16 May 1984. p. 28. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. "Joyce Nicholson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. "Lucy Frances Harvey Rees, MBE". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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