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1971 in Australian literature
Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1971 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1971.
Major publications
Books
- Jon Cleary – Mask of the Andes
- Kenneth Cook – Piper in the Market-Place[1]
- Dymphna Cusack – A Bough in Hell
- Frank Hardy – The Outcasts of Foolgarah[2]
- Donald Horne – But What If There Are No Pelicans?[3]
- David Ireland – The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
- George Johnston – A Cartload of Clay
- Thomas Keneally – A Dutiful Daughter
- Hal Porter – The Right Thing[4]
- Judah Waten – So Far No Further[5]
- Morris West – Summer of the Red Wolf
Short stories
- Elizabeth Jolley – "Bill Sprockett's Land"[6]
- Hal Porter
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Hesba Brinsmead – Longtime Passing
- David Martin – Hughie[9]
- Christobel Mattingley – Windmill at Magpie Creek[10]
- Elyne Mitchell – Light Horse to Damascus[11]
- Ivan Southall – Josh
- P. L. Travers – Friend Monkey[12]
Science fiction and fantasy
- John Baxter – The Second Pacific Book of Science Fiction[13]
- A. Bertram Chandler
- Lindsay Gutteridge – Cold War in a Country Garden[16]
- Lee Harding – "Fallen Spaceman"
- Jack Wodhams – The Authentic Touch[17]
Poetry
- Robert Adamson – The Rumour[18]
- Bruce Dawe – Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems[19]
- Gwen Harwood – "Oyster Cove"[20]
- A. D. Hope – "Inscription for a War"[21]
- James McAuley – Collected Poems 1936-1970[22]
- Dorothea Mackellar – The Poems of Dorothea Mackellar[23]
- Geoff Page – "Smalltown Memorials"[24]
- David Rowbotham – The Pen of Feathers : Poems[25]
- T. G. H. Strehlow – Songs of Central Australia (edited)[26]
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Judith Wright – Collected Poems, 1942-1970[29]
Drama
- Alex Buzo – Macquarie : A Play[30]
- Dorothy Hewett – The Chapel Perilous
- Ray Lawler – The Man Who Shot the Albatross[31]
- David Williamson
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Awards and honours
Literary
Children and Young Adult
Science fiction and fantasy
Poetry
Drama
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Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1971 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 18 November – Leigh Redhead, novelist[40]
Unknown date
- Helen Dale (born Helen Darville), novelist[41]
- Libby Hart, poet[42]
- James Ley, literary critic and founder of the Sydney Review of Books[43]
- John Mateer, poet and author (in South Africa)[44]
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1971 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 19 January – Joe Walker, novelist and newspaper editor (born 1910)[45]
- 3 February – Richard Harry Graves, poet and novelist (born 1897)[46]
- 11 March – Frank Clune, novelist and travel writer (born 1893)[47]
- 10 June – Maysie Coucher Greig, writer of romantic novels and thrillers (born 1901)[48]
- 30 June – Kenneth Slessor, poet (born 1901)[49]
- 11 September – Hilda Bridges, novelist and short story writer (born 1881)[50]
- 7 November – Minnie Agnes Filson, poet (born 1898)[51]
Unknown date
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See also
References
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