This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1979.
Award | Author |
---|---|
Christopher Brennan Award [25] | Not awarded |
Patrick White Award [26] | Randolph Stow |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award [27] | Roger McDonald | 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli | University of Queensland Press |
ALS Gold Medal [28] | Not awarded | ||
Colin Roderick Award [29] | Thea Astley | Hunting the Wild Pineapple | Thomas Nelson |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Children's Book of the Year Award [32] | Older Readers | Ruth Manley | The Plum-Rain Scroll | Hodder and Stoughton |
Picture Book | No award | |||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [31] | Children's Book Award | Jenny Wagner, and Ron Brooks (illus) | John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat | Kestrel |
Special Children's Book Award | Patricia Wrightson | The Dark Bright Water | Hutchinson |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Anne Elder Award [33] | Les Harrop | The Hum of the Old Suit: Poems | Angus & Robertson |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [34] | David Campbell | The Man in the Honeysuckle | Angus & Robertson |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award [27] | Not awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [31] | A History of Australia Volume IV | Manning Clark | Melbourne University Press |
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
Unknown date
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1979.
Award | Author |
---|---|
Christopher Brennan Award [25] | Not awarded |
Patrick White Award [26] | Randolph Stow |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award [27] | Roger McDonald | 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli | University of Queensland Press |
ALS Gold Medal [28] | Not awarded | ||
Colin Roderick Award [29] | Thea Astley | Hunting the Wild Pineapple | Thomas Nelson |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Children's Book of the Year Award [32] | Older Readers | Ruth Manley | The Plum-Rain Scroll | Hodder and Stoughton |
Picture Book | No award | |||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [31] | Children's Book Award | Jenny Wagner, and Ron Brooks (illus) | John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat | Kestrel |
Special Children's Book Award | Patricia Wrightson | The Dark Bright Water | Hutchinson |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Anne Elder Award [33] | Les Harrop | The Hum of the Old Suit: Poems | Angus & Robertson |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [34] | David Campbell | The Man in the Honeysuckle | Angus & Robertson |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award [27] | Not awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [31] | A History of Australia Volume IV | Manning Clark | Melbourne University Press |
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
Unknown date
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1979 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.