1999 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1999.

Events

Major publications

Novels

Science fiction and fantasy

Crime

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Christopher Brennan Award[24] Kevin Hart
Patrick White Award[25] Gerald Murnane

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[26] K. S. InglisSacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian LandscapeMiegunyah Press
ALS Gold Medal[27] Murray BailEucalyptusRandom House
Colin Roderick Award[28] Christopher KochOut of IrelandDoubleday
Nita Kibble Literary Award[29] Geraldine BrooksForeign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey From Down
Under to All Over
Anchor Books

Fiction

International

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[30] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific regionMurray BailEucalyptusHarvill Press
Best Overall NovelMurray BailEucalyptusHarvill Press

National

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[31] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year AwardJames BradleyThe Deep FieldSceptre
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[32] Hsu-Ming TeoLove and VertigoAllen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[33] Murray BailEucalyptusRandom House
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] Roger McDonaldMr Darwin's ShooterRandom House

Crime and Mystery

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Ned Kelly Award[35]
NovelPeter DoyleAmaze Your FriendsRandom House
First novelAndrew MastersonThe Last DaysPicador
Lifetime AchievementPeter Corris

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for LiteratureNot awarded
The Age Book of the YearR. A. SimpsonThe Impossible, and Other PoemsFive Islands Press
Anne Elder Award[36] Not awarded
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[37] Not awarded
Mary Gilmore Award[38] Not awarded

Non-fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for LiteratureNon-FictionNot awarded
The Age Book of the YearNon-FictionK. S. InglisSacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian LandscapeAnchor
National Biography Award[39] BiographyNot awarded

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1999 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Burnt City by Marshall Browne. National Library of Australia. 15 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Austlit — Neap Tide by Dorothy Hewett . Austlit. 19 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Austlit — Shark by Bruce Pascoe . Austlit. 19 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Austlit — White Heart by Heather Rose . Austlit. 19 February 2024.
  5. Web site: The Cursed Towers by Kate Forsyth . ISFDB. 3 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Dark is the Moon by Ian Irvine . ISFDB. 3 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen . ISFDB. 3 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Down There in Darkness by George Turner . ISFDB. 3 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Feeding the Demons by Gabrielle Lord. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  11. Web site: Fetish by Tara Moss. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  12. Web site: Goanna Anna by Kim Caraher . National Library of Australia. 19 February 2024.
  13. Web site: Wicked Heat by Kevin Hart. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  14. Web site: Visitants by John Kinsella. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Mines by Jennifer Maiden. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  16. Web site: Conscious and Verbal by Les Murray. National Library of Australia. 3 May 2024.
  17. Web site: Austlit — The Wilderness of Mirrors by Van Badham . Austlit. 19 February 2024.
  18. Web site: Austlit — The Quality of Sprawl: Thoughts about Australia by Les Murray . Austlit. 19 February 2024.
  19. Web site: Austlit — Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945–1976 by Anne Summers . Austlit. 19 February 2024.
  20. Web site: Michael Fitzgerald Page. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191227204422/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870012 . 27 December 2019 . 2019-12-27.
  21. Web site: Frank John Ford. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191003044848/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869721 . 3 October 2019 . 2019-12-27.
  22. Web site: Dr Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014125658/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/872268 . 14 October 2019 . 2019-12-27.
  23. Web site: John Antill Millett. honours.pmc.gov.au. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526075437/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870407 . 26 May 2019 . 2019-12-27.
  24. Web site: Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award. Austlit. 12 September 2023.
  25. Web site: Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners . Austlit. 8 September 2023.
  26. Web site: "Age Book of the Year" . The Age, 27 August 1999, p99. 16 June 2024. .
  27. Web site: ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 10 January 2024.
  28. Web site: Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners . James Cook University. 16 January 2024.
  29. Web site: Kibble Literary Award . Australian National University . 26 February 2024.
  30. Web site: Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007 . Commonwealth Foundation. 17 January 2024.
  31. Web site: State Library of South Australia. Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners. 18 April 2024.
  32. Web site: Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1999. Austlit. 16 February 2023.
  33. Web site: Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award : 1997-1999 . Austlit. 15 September 2023.
  34. Web site: "30-year Endeavour sails off with prize" . Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 1999. 10 May 2024. .
  35. Web site: 1999 Ned Kelly Award Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181222/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/5 . 2016-03-27 . 17 January 2024 . Australian Crime Writers.
  36. Web site: Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1998-2000 . Austlit. 12 February 2024.
  37. Web site: Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001 . Austlit. 12 February 2024.
  38. Web site: Mary Gilmore Award . . 10 February 2024.
  39. Web site: "National Biography Award – Past Winners" . State Library of NSW. 22 March 2024.
  40. Web site: Austlit — Gordon Neil Stewart (1912-1999) . Austlit. 18 January 2024.
  41. Web site: Austlit — Richard Beynon (1925-1999) . Austlit. 18 January 2024.
  42. Web site: Ric Prichard Throssell (1922–1999) by Nathan Hobby . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 18 January 2024.
  43. Web site: Austlit — Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909-1999). Austlit. 16 November 2023.
  44. Web site: Austlit — Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913-1999) . Austlit. 1 December 2023.
  45. Web site: Austlit — Morris West (1916-1999). 2023-09-16 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
  46. Web site: Austlit — Mal Morgan (1936-1999) . Austlit. 18 January 2024.