This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1994.
Events
- Rodney Hall (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for The Grisly Wife
Major publications
Novels
- Thea Astley — Coda
- Lily Brett — Just Like That
- Peter Carey — The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith
- Richard Flanagan — Death of a River Guide
- Drusilla Modjeska — The Orchard
- Dorothy Porter — The Monkey's Mask
- John A. Scott — What I Have Written
- Tim Winton — The Riders
Short story anthologies
- Marian Eldridge — The Wild Sweet Flowers
Children's and young adult fiction
- Pamela Allen — Clippity-Clop
- Kim Caraher — There's a Bat on the Balcony
- Gary Crew — The Watertower
- Mem Fox — Tough Boris
- Jackie French — Somewhere Around the Corner
Poetry
- Robert Adamson — Waving to Hart Crane
- Bruce Beaver — Anima and Other Poems
- Peter Boyle — Coming Home from the World
- Dorothy Hewett — Peninsula
- Rhyll McMaster — Flying the Coop: New and selected poems 1972-1994
- Jan Owen — Night Rainbows
Drama
- Beatrix Christian — Blue Murder
- Michael Gow — Sweet Phoebe
- Hannie Rayson — Falling From Grace
- David Williamson — Sanctuary
Science fiction and fantasy
Non-fiction
- John Birmingham — He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
- Gillian Bouras — Aphrodite and the Others
- Robert Dessaix — A Mother's Disgrace
- Tim Flannery — The Future Eaters
- Jan Ruff O'Herne — Fifty Years of Silence
- Susan Varga — Heddy and Me
- Donna Williams — Somebody Somewhere
Awards and honours
- Patsy Adam-Smith AO "for service to community history, particularly through the preservation of national traditions and folklore and recording of oral histories"[1]
- Laurie Hergenhan AO "for service to Australian literary scholarship and to education"[2]
- Joan Phipson AM "for service to children's literature"[3]
- Judith Rodriguez AM "for service to Australian literature, particularly in the area of poetry"[4]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[5] | Judith Rodriguez |
| Patrick White Award[6] | Dimitris Tsaloumas |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year Award[7] | Peter Carey | The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith | University of Queensland Press |
| ALS Gold Medal[8] | Louis Nowra | Radiance and The Temple | Currency Press |
| Colin Roderick Award[9] | Patrick Buckridge | The Scandalous Penton: A Biography of Brian Penton | University of Queensland Press |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award[10] | Marion Halligan | Lovers' Knots | Heinemann |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[11] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | David Malouf | Remembering Babylon | Random House |
| Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Fotini Epanomitis | The Mule's Foal | Allen & Unwin |
National
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award[15] | Not awarded | ||
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[16] | Not awarded | ||
| Mary Gilmore Award[17] | Deborah Staines | Now, Millenium | Spinifex Press |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 18 April — Alexandra Adornetto, actress and author who writes for children and young adults
- 25 June — Robbie Coburn, poet
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 28 January — Frank Hardy, novelist, best known for Power Without Glory (born 1917)[18]
- 7 February — Rosemary Wighton, literary editor, author and advisor to the South Australian government on women's affairs (born 1925)[19]
- 29 May — Nene Gare, writer and artist, best known for The Fringe Dwellers (born 1919)[20]
- 7 September — James Clavell, novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war (born 1921)
- 9 September — Hugh Atkinson (novelist), novelist, journalist, screenwriter and documentary film maker (born 1921)[21]
- 16 December — Mary Durack, author and historian (born 1913)[22]
See also
- 1994 in Australia
- 1994 in literature
- 1994 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References
- ^ "Patricia Jean Adam-Smith, OBE". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Professor Laurence Thomas Hergenhan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Joan Margaret Phipson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Judith Catherine Rodriguez". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Age Book of the Year Award — 1992-1994". Austlit. Retrieved 25 February 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.
- ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 1992-94". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1994". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Second Franklin 'transforms" the year for Hall". The Canberra Times, 31 May 1994, p3. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1992-94". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Frank Hardy". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Rosemary Wighton". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Nene Gare". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Hugh Atkinson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Dame Mary Gertrude Durack (1913–1994) by Malcolm Allbrook". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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