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1982 in Australian literature
Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1982 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1982.
Events
- Thomas Keneally won the 1982 Booker–McConnell Prize for Schindler's Ark, the first Australian to win the award.[1]
- Rodney Hall (writer) won the 1982 Miles Franklin Award for Just Relations
Major publications
Novels
Crime and mystery
Science fiction and fantasy
- Glenda Adams — Games of the Strong[3]
- Damien Broderick — The Judas Mandala[4]
- Terry Dowling — "The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes"[5]
Short stories
- Beverley Farmer — "Snake"[6]
Children's and young adult fiction
- Joan Lindsay — Syd Sixpence
- Jan Ormerod — Moonlight[7]
- Nadia Wheatley — Five Times Dizzy
Poetry
- Les Murray
- Vivian Smith – Tide Country
- John Tranter — Selected Poems[10]
Drama
- Jack Davis — The Dreamers
- Louis Nowra — Spellbound[11]
- David Williamson — The Perfectionist
Non-fiction
- Blanche d'Alpuget — Robert J. Hawke: A Biography[12]
- Edmund Campion — Rockchoppers: Growing up Catholic in Australia[13]
- Nancy Keesing — Lily on the Dustbin: Slang of Australian Women and Families[14]
- Geoffrey Serle — John Monash[15]
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Awards and honours
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Lifetime achievement
Literary awards
Fiction
International
National
Children and Young Adult
Science fiction and fantasy
Poetry
Non-fiction
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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 1982 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 1 January — Craig Silvey, novelist, author of Jasper Jones[33]
- 22 November — Alasdair Duncan, author and journalist[34]
- 22 December — Sarah Holland-Batt, contemporary Australian poet, critic and academic[35]
Unknown date
- Kate Gordon, author of young adult fiction[36]
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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 1982 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 11 February — Albert Facey, writer, best known as author of A Fortunate Life (born 1894)[37]
- 8 October — Joice NanKivell Loch, author, journalist and humanitarian worker (died in Greece) (born 1887)[38]
- 15 November — Eve Pownall, writer for children and historian (born 1901)[39]
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See also
References
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