1988 in Australian literature explained
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1988.
Events
Major publications
Novels
Short stories
Children's and young adult fiction
Crime fiction
Poetry
Drama
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, for "service to Australian literature, particularly as a writer, critic and teacher"[15]
- Elizabeth Jolley, for "service to Australian literature"[16]
- Rosemary Wighton, for "public service, to literature and to the community"[17]
- Tom Hungerford, for "service to literature"[18]
- David Martin (poet), for "service to Australian literature"[19]
- Gavin Souter, for "service to literature and journalism"[20]
- Len Beadell, for "service to the Public service and to literature"[21]
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Fiction
International
National
Poetry
Children and Young Adult
Non-fiction
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1988 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 4 January — Alice Duncan-Kemp, writer and Indigenous rights activist (born 1901)[40]
- 28 February — Kylie Tennant, novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer and historian (born 1912)[41]
- 31 July — Stephen Murray-Smith, writer, editor and educator (born 1922)[42]
- 12 November — Vincent Buckley, poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic (born 1925)[43]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Austlit — The Velodrome by Liam Davison . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Maralinga, My Love by Dorothy Johnston . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — The Rose Fnacier by Olga Masters . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — When You Come to the Ferry by Hesba Brinsmead . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillina Rubinstein . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender by Marele Day . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Bone Scan by Gwen Harwood . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — The House by Water: New and Selected Poems by Judith Rodriguez . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Under Berlin by John Tranter . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Escape from a Better Place by Jan Cornall . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Hell West and Crooked by Tom Cole. Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Down Home: Revisiting Tasmania by Peter Conrad . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — The Penguin New Literary History of Australia edoited by Laurie Hergenhan . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Writing a New World: Two Centuries of Australian Women Writers by Dale Spender . Austlit. 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Dorothy Green, OAM. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233535/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870185 . 21 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Web site: Monica Elizabeth Jolley. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233538/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870292 . 21 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Web site: Rosemary Neville Wighton. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211195605/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869893 . 11 December 2019 . 2020-06-09. Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- Web site: Thomas Arthur Guy Hungerford. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233543/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870328 . 21 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Web site: David Martin. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233545/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870172 . 21 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Web site: Gavin Geoffrey Souter. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233541/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870265 . 21 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Web site: Leonard Beadell, BEM. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194517/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885113 . 11 December 2019 . 2019-12-21.
- Web site: Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award. Austlit. 13 September 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners . Austlit. 22 August 2023.
- Web site: Moorhouse's 'Forty-Seventeen' is Age Book of the Year" . The Age, 9 December 1988, p4. 28 May 2024. .
- Web site: ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 10 November 2023.
- Web site: Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners . James Cook University. 10 November 2023.
- News: Jordison. Sam. Looking back at the Booker: Peter Carey. The Guardian. 28 May 2008.
- Web site: Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007 . Commonwealth Foundation. 17 January 2024.
- Web site: State Library of South Australia. Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners. 18 April 2024.
- Web site: Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1988. Austlit. 13 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award . Austlit. 14 September 2023.
- Web site: Award to book on Lawson's mother. Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1988, p4. 3 May 2024. .
- Web site: Season of gifts . The Age Monthly Review, 1 September 1988, p2. 26 April 2024. .
- Web site: Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1985-88 . Austlit. 9 February 2024.
- Web site: Austlit — Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1988 . Austlit. 13 December 2023.
- Web site: Mary Gilmore Award . . 8 February 2024.
- Web site: Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1988 . Austlit. 13 December 2023.
- Web site: Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1988 . Austlit. 13 December 2023.
- Web site: "Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction — 1988" . Austlit. 13 December 2023.
- Web site: Duncan-Kemp, Alice Monkton (1901–1988) by Pamela Lukin Watson . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
- Web site: Kathleen (Kylie) Tennant (1912–1988) by Jane Grant . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 25 November 2023.
- Web site: Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988) . 2023-09-26 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
- Web site: Vincent Buckley (1925-1988) . 2023-09-26 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.