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1989 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1989.
Events
- Peter Carey won the Miles Franklin Award for Oscar and Lucinda
Major publications
Novels
- Jessica Anderson — Taking Shelter
- Mena Calthorpe — The Plain of Ala[1]
- Bryce Courtenay — The Power of One
- Tom Flood — Oceana Fine
- Peter Goldsworthy — Maestro
- Elizabeth Jolley — My Father's Moon
- Tom Keneally — Towards Asmara
- Alex Miller — The Tivington Nott
- Amy Witting — I for Isobel[2]
Short story anthologies
- Liam Davison — The Shipwreck Party[3]
- Brian Matthews — Quickening and Other Stories[4]
Crime and mystery
- Kerry Greenwood — Cocaine Blues, the first in the Phryne Fisher series.
- Jennifer Rowe — Murder by the Book[5]
Science fiction and fantasy
- Judith Clarke — The Boy on the Lake : Stories[6]
- Greg Egan – "The Cutie"
- Rosaleen Love — The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories[7]
Children's and young adult fiction
- Graeme Base — The Eleventh Hour
- Morris Gleitzman — Two Weeks with the Queen[8]
Poetry
- Robert Adamson — The Clean Dark[9]
- Dorothy Hewett — A Tremendous World in Her Head: Selected Poems[10]
- Dorothy Porter — Driving Too Fast[11]
- Peter Porter — Possible Worlds
- Peter Skrzynecki — "Night Swim"[12]
Drama
- Nick Enright — Daylight Saving
- Jenny Kemp — Call of the Wild[13]
- Peta Murray
- David Williamson — Top Silk[16]
Non-fiction
- Jill Ker Conway — The Road from Coorain
- Adam Shoemaker — Black Words, White Page: Aboriginal Literature 1929-1988[17]
- Elisabeth Wynhausen — Manly Girls[18]
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Awards and honours
- Mary Durack AC, for "service to the community and literature"[19]
- Les Murray (poet) AO, for "service to Australian literature"[20]
- Thomas Shapcott AO, for "service to Australian literature and to arts administration"[21]
- Gwen Harwood AO, for "service to literature, particularly as a poet and librettist"[22]
- Max Harris (poet) AO, for "service to literature"[23]
- Clement Semmler AM, for "service to Australian literature"[24]
- John Morrison (writer) AM, for "service to literature"[25]
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Fiction
International
National
Children and Young Adult
Science fiction and fantasy
Poetry
Drama
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 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 2 June — Will Kostakis, author and journalist[45]
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 3 June – Connie Christie, children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artist (born 1908 in England)[46]
- 16 August – Donald Friend, artist and diarist (born 1914)[47]
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See also
References
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