1949 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1949.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952

For an overview of world literature see 1949 in literature.

See also: 1948 in Australian literature, 1949 in Australia, 1950 in Australian literature.

Books

Short stories

Poetry

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal Percival Serle Dictionary of Australian Biography Angus and Robertson

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers No competition

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[1] Judith Wright Woman to Man Angus and Robertson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1949 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1949 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

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