This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1946.
Books
- James Aldridge – Of Many Men
- Dora Birtles – The Overlanders : A Novel
- Capel Boake – The Twig is Bent
- Martin Boyd – Lucinda Brayford
- Errol Flynn – Showdown
- Miles Franklin – My Career Goes Bung
- Catherine Gaskin – This Other Eden
- Michael Innes
- From London Far
- What Happened at Hazlewood
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Roaring Nineties
- Christina Stead – Letty Fox: Her Luck
- Kylie Tennant – Lost Haven
- Arthur Upfield – The Devil's Steps
Short stories
- Jon Cleary – These Small Glories
- Alan Marshall
- "The Grey Kangaroo"
- Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo : Short Stories
- Vance Palmer – '"The Foal"
- Douglas Stewart – "The Three Jolly Foxes"
- Dal Stivens – The Courtship of Uncle Henry : A Collection of Tales and Stories
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Poetry
- Rosemary Dobson – "In My End is My Beginning"
- Dorothy Hewett – "Clancy and Dooley and Don Mcleod"
- James Macauley – Under Aldebaran
- George Mackaness – Poets of Australia: An Anthology of Australian Verse (compiled)
- J. S. Manifold
- Selected Verse
- "The Bunyip and the Whistling Kettle"
- John Shaw Neilson – "To the Red Lory"
- Will H. Ogilvie – From Sunset to Dawn
- Elizabeth Riddell – "The Letter"
- Douglas Stewart – The Dosser in Springtime
- Judith Wright
- "The Killer"
- The Moving Image : Poems
- "Woman to Child"
- "Woman to Man"
Drama
- Dymphna Cusack – Eternal Now : A Play in Three Acts
- Sumner Locke Elliott – The Invisible Circus : A Play in Three Acts
- Louis Esson – The Southern Cross and Other Plays
- Nevil Shute – Vinland the Good
Biography
- Alec H. Chisholm – The Making of the Sentimental Bloke : A Sketch of the Remarkable Career of C.J. Dennis
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[1] | Not awarded | ||
Children's and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award[2] | Older Readers | Leslie Rees, illustrated by Walter Cunningham | The Story of Karrawingi the Emu | John Sands |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1946 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 4 February – Jean Bedford, novelist
- 26 February – Gabrielle Lord, novelist
- 5 March – Mem Fox, writer for children
- 10 March – Peter Temple, novelist (died 2018)
- 14 May – Raimond Gaita, author
- 29 June – Sally Morrison, novelist and biographer
- 1 July – Stephen Matthews, author
- 1 August – Michael Sharkey, poet
- 25 August – Shelton Lea, poet (died 2005)
- 5 September – Lily Brett, poet and novelist
- 17 October – Drusilla Modjeska, biographer and novelist
Unknown date
- Peter Robb, novelist
- Rod Usher, poet and novelist
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1946 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 23 February – Mary Eliza Fullerton, novelist (born 1868)[3]
- 20 March – Henry Handel Richardson, novelist (born 1870)[4]
- 18 November — Walter J. Turner, poet and playwright (born 1889)[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ↑ "Book of the Year: Children's Story by Leslie Rees", The West Australian, 13 November 1946, p8
- ↑ "Fullerton, Mary Eliza (1868–1946) by Sally O'Neill". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ↑ "Henry Handel Richardson : Death in England" The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 March 1946, p1
- ↑ "Obituary - Mr. W. J. Turner" The Age, 21 November 1946, p2
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