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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[7] | Louis Nowra | Radiance and The Temple | Currency Press |
| Colin Roderick Award[8] | Patrick Buckridge | The Scandalous Penton: A Biography of Brian Penton | University of Queensland Press |
Fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[9] | Rodney Hall | The Grisly Wife | Macmillan |
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 and writer
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)[10]
- 7 February — Rosemary Wighton, literary editor, author and advisor to the South Australian government on women's affairs (born 1925)[11]
- 29 May — Nene Gare, writer and artist, best known for The Fringe Dwellers (born 1919)[12]
- 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)[13]
- 16 December — Mary Durack, author and historian (born 1913)[14]
See also
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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Second Franklin 'transforms" the year for Hall". The Canberra Times, 31 May 1994, p3. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ↑ "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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