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1952 in Australian literature
Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1952 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1952.
Books
- Martin Boyd – The Cardboard Crown
- Jon Cleary – The Sundowners
- Helen Fowler – The Shades Will Not Vanish
- T. A. G. Hungerford – The Ridge and the River
- Rex Ingamells – Of Us Now Living[1]
- Philip Lindsay
- Charles Shaw – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
- Nevil Shute – The Far Country
- Christina Stead – The People with the Dogs
- E. V. Timms – The Challenge
Short stories
- A. Bertram Chandler – "Finishing Touch"[4]
- Peter Cowan – "The Red-Backed Spiders"[5]
- D'Arcy Niland – "Away to Moonlight"[6]
- Dal Stivens – "Ironbark Bill Meets the Bunyip"[7]
- Kylie Tennant – "The Face of Despair"[8]
Crime and mystery
- Charlotte Jay — Beat Not the Bones
- Arthur Upfield – Venom House[9]
- June Wright – The Devil's Caress[10]
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Nan Chauncy – World's End was Home[11]
Poetry
- David Campbell
- C. J. Dennis and Margaret Herron – Random Verse : A Collection of Verse and Prose[14]
- Rosemary Dobson – "The Mirror : Jan Vermeer Speaks"[15]
- R. D. Fitzgerald – Between Two Tides
- Max Harris – "Martin Buber in the Pub"[16]
- James McAuley
- Kenneth Mackenzie
- Ian Mudie – "They'll Tell You about Me"[22]
- Olive Pell – "Monte Bello"[23]
- Vivian Smith – "Bedlam Hills"[24]
- Douglas Stewart
- Judith Wright
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Biography
- Russell Braddon – The Naked Island
- Frank Hardy – Journey Into the Future[30]
- Jack McLaren – My Civilised Adventure[31]
- Nettie Palmer – Henry Lawson[32]
Children's and Young Adult non-fiction
- Eve Pownall – The Australia Book, illustrated by Margaret Senior
Drama
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Awards and honours
Literary
Children's and Young Adult
Poetry
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1952 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 13 July – Kim Gamble, illustrator of children's books (died 2016)[36]
- 9 November – Nicholas Jose, novelist[37]
Unknown date
- Janine Burke, novelist[38]
- Patricia Cornelius, playwright[39]
- Wendy Jenkins, poet, editor and YA novelist (died 2022)[40]
- Rod Moran, poet and journalist[41]
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Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1952 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 14 January — Victor Kennedy, poet (born 1895)[42]
- 13 June – Harold Mercer, poet (born 1882)[43]
- 22 July – E. J. Brady, poet (born 1869)[44]
- 29 August – J. M. Walsh, novelist (born 1897)[45]
- 27 December— Patrick Joseph Hartigan, priest and poet (born 1878)[46]
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See also
References
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