This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1993.
Events
Major publications
Novels
- Bryce Courtenay — April Fool's Day
- Liam Davison – Soundings
- Fotini Epanomitis – The Mule's Foal
- Rodney Hall — The Grisly Wife
- Dorothy Hewett — The Toucher
- Elizabeth Jolley — The Georges' Wife
- Thomas Keneally – Jacko
- David Malouf — Remembering Babylon
- Roger McDonald — Water Man
- Frank Moorhouse — Grand Days
- Madeleine St John — The Women in Black
- Morris West — The Lovers
Crime and mystery
- Jon Cleary – Bleak Spring
- Peter Corris
- Browning Battles On
- Cross Off
- Matrimonial Causes
- Garry Disher – Deathdeal
- Jennifer Rowe – Stranglehold
- Kerry Greenwood – The Green Mill Murder
Science fiction and fantasy
- Terry Dowling – Twilight Beach
- Terry Dowling and Van Ikin – Mortal Fire: Best Australian Science Fiction (editors)
- Greg Egan
- Rosaleen Love – Evolution Annie: And Other Stories
- George Turner – The Destiny Makers
Children's and young adult fiction
- Isobelle Carmody — The Gathering
- Carmel Charles — Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly
- Morris Gleitzman — Sticky Beak
- John Marsden — Tomorrow, When the War Began
- James Moloney – Dougy
- Dorothy Porter — The Witch Number
- Emily Rodda – Roan of Rin
- Tim Winton – Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster
Poetry
- Robert Gray — Certain Things
- Barry Hill — Ghosting William Buckley
- Philip Hodgins — The End of the Season
- Jill Jones — Flagging Down Time
- Jennifer Maiden — Acoustic Shadow
- Jan Owen — Blackberry Season
- John Tranter — At the Florida
Drama
Non-fiction
- Verity Burgmann — Power and Protest: Movements for Change in Australian Society
- Hazel Rowley — Christina Stead: A Biography
- Peter Singer — How Are We to Live?
Awards and honours
Lifetime achievement
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award | Geoffrey Dutton |
Patrick White Award | Amy Witting |
Literary
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award | Elizabeth Jolley | The Georges' Wife | Viking |
ALS Gold Medal | Elizabeth Riddell | Selected Poems | Angus and Robertson |
Colin Roderick Award | Cassandra Pybus | Gross Moral Turpitude: The Orr Case Reconsidered | Heinemann |
Fiction
International
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Alex Miller | The Ancestor Game | Penguin Books |
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Andrew McGahan | Praise | Allen & Unwin | |
Best Overall Novel | Alex Miller | The Ancestor Game | Penguin Books |
National
Poetry
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year Award | John Tranter | At the Florida | University of Queensland Press |
Anne Elder Award | Terry Whitebeach | Bird Dream | in Four New Poets Penguin |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Philip Hodgins | The End of the Season : Pastoral Poems | Brindabella Press |
Mary Gilmore Award | Jill Jones | The Mask and Jagged Star | Hazard Press |
Non-fiction
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year Award | Janet McCalman | Journeyings: the Biography of a Middle-Class Generation 1920-1990 | Melbourne University Press |
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1993 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 9 January — Paul Hasluck, statesman, poet, biographer and writer on politics (born 1905)
- 19 January — Nancy Keesing, poet, writer, editor and promoter of Australian literature (born 1923)
- 4 February — Leonard Frank Meares, writer of western fiction (born 1921)
- 1 March — Ronald McCuaig, poet, journalist, literary critic, humourist and children's author (born 1908)
- 23 March — Robert Harris, poet (born 1951)
- 1 April — Kevin Gilbert, author, activist, artist, poet, playwright and printmaker (born 1933)
- 12 April — Alexander Turner, poet, playwright, and theatre and radio producer (born 1907)
- 22 April — Margaret Diesendorf, linguist, poet, editor, translator and educationist (born 1912 Vienna, Austria)
- 18 June — Alexandra Hasluck, historian (born 1908)
- 1 July – Eric Irvin, historian and poet (born 1908)
- 25 August — Florence James, author and literary agent (born 1902)
- 16 September — Oodgeroo Noonuccal, poet, political activist, artist and educator (born 1920)
See also
- 1993 in Australia
- 1993 in literature
- 1993 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References
- "Soundings by Liam Davison". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "The Mule's Foal by Fotini Epanomitis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "The Toucher by Dorothy Hewett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Browning Battles On by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Cross Off by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Matrimonial Causes by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Deathdeal by Garry Disher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Stranglehold by Jennifer Rowe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Twilight Beach by Terry Dowling". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Mortal Fire: Best Australian Science Fiction edited by Terry Dowling & Van Ikin". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Evolution Annie: And Other Stories by Rosaleen Love". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "The Destiny Makers by George Turner". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly by Carmel Charles". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "The Witch Number by Dorothy Porter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Certain Things by Robert Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Ghosting William Buckley by Barry Hill". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "The End of the Season by Philip Hodgins". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Flagging Down Time by Jill Jones". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Acoustic Shadow by Jennifer Maiden". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Blackberry Season by Jan Owen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "At the Florida by John Tranter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Power and Protest: Movements for Change in Australian Society by Verity Burgmann". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Christina Stead: A Biography by Hazel Rowley". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ ""Jolley's way with words, not money, brings new success"". The Age, 23 November 1993, p16. ProQuest 2521743746. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1993". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- "Miller wins Miles Franklin". The Canberra Times, 26 May 1993, p5. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- "A night Oodgeroo would have relished". Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1993, p11. ProQuest 2527766918. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- "Winning author hauls in a bounty". The Age, 13 September 1992, p6. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1992-94". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1991-93". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- "HASLUCK, the Rt. Hon. Paul Meernaa Caedwalla, KG, GCMG, GCVO (1905-1993)". Parliamentary Handbook. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- "Nancy Keesing (1923-1993)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- "Marshall Grover (1921-1993)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- "Austlit — Ronald McCuaig (1908-1993)". Austlit. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Austlit — Robert Harris (1951-1993)". Austlit. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Kevin John Gilbert (1933–1993) by Alison Holland and Eleanor Williams-Gilbert". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Alexander Frederick (Tony) Turner (1907–1993) by Gail Phillips". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- "Margaret Diesendorf (1912–1993) by Judith Beveridge". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- "Dame Alexandra Margaret (Alix) Hasluck (1908–1993) by Ann P. Hunter". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "Austlit — Eric irvin (1908-1993)". Austlit. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- "James, Florence Gertrude (1902–1993) by Marilla North". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- "Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920-1993)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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