1977 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1977.

Events

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Science fiction and fantasy

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction
  • Blanche d'Alpuget – Mediator: A biography of Sir Richard Kirby
  • Zelda D'Aprano – Zelda: The becoming of a woman
  • Fred Daly – From Curtin to Kerr
  • John Edwards – Life Wasn't Meant to Be Easy: A political profile of Malcolm Fraser
  • Paul Hasluck – Mucking About: An Autobiography

Awards and honours

Order of Australia

Lifetime achievement
Award Author
Patrick White Award Sumner Locke Elliott

Literary
Award Author Title Publisher
Colin Roderick Award Alan Marshall[3] The Complete Stories of Alan Marshall Thomas Nelson
Miles Franklin Award Ruth Park[4] Swords and Crowns and Rings Nelson Books

Children and Young Adult
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Eleanor Spence[5] The October Child Oxford University Press
Picture Book No award

Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Robert Adamson[6] Selected Poems Angus & 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 1977 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 1977 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 10 July – Alec Chisholm, journalist, ornithologist and encyclopaedist (born 1890)
  • 22 August – Leon Gellert, poet (born 1892)
  • 2 September – Pat Flower, playwright, television scriptwriter and crime novelist (born 1914)
  • 12 September – Les Haylen, politician, playwright, novelist and journalist (born 1898)

See also

References
  1. "Full list for Order of Australia". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 26 January 1977. p. 12. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. "Colin Milton Thiele". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. "Other Winners". www.jcu.edu.au. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. Eccleshare, Julia (7 January 2011). "Ruth Park obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. Spence, Eleanor; Green, Malcolm (1977). The October child. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195505474.
  6. "Adamson, Robert - Poet - Australian Poetry Library". www.poetrylibrary.edu.au. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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