1966 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1966.

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See also: 1965 in Australian literature, 1966 in Australia, 1967 in Australian literature.

Major publications

Books

• James Aldridge
  • My Brother Tom
  • The Statesman's Games
• Jon Cleary
  • The High Commissioner
  • The Pulse of Danger
• Peter Cowan – Seed
• Elizabeth Harrower – The Watch Tower
• Shirley Hazzard – The Evening of the Holiday
• Morris Lurie – Rappaport
• Peter Mathers – Trap
• Christina Stead – Dark Places of the Heart
• Arthur Upfield – The Lake Frome Monster
• Judah Waten – Season of Youth
• Patrick White – The Solid Mandala

Short stories

• James Hackston – Father Clears Out
• Elizabeth Harrower – "The Beautiful Climate"
• D'Arcy Niland – Pairs and Loners
• Patrick White – "The Full Belly"
• Judith Wright – The Nature of Love

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Mavis Thorpe Clark – The Min-Min
• Max Fatchen – The River Kings
• Elyne Mitchell – Silver Brumby Kingdom
• Ruth Park
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat at School
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Snow
• Joan Phipson – The Crew of the Merlin
• Judith Wright – The River and the Road

Poetry

Main article: 1966 in poetry

• Vincent Buckley – Arcady and Other Places : Poems
• Bruce Dawe – "The Not-So-Good Earth"
• William Hart-Smith – The Talking Clothes: Poems
• Dorothy Hewett – "Legend of the Green Country"
• A. D. Hope – Collected Poems 1930 - 1965
• Les Murray – "Evening Alone at Bunyah"
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal – "No More Boomerang"
• Judith Wright – The Other Half : Poems

Biography

• Hal Porter – The Paper Chase
• Clement Semmler – Kenneth Slessor

Non-Fiction

• Geoffrey Blainey – The Tyranny of Distance

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1]	A. D. Hope
Miles Franklin Award[2]	Peter Mathers	Trap	Cassell

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers[3]	Ivan Southall	Ash Road	Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[3]	No award

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4]	William Hart-Smith	The Talking Clothes: Poems	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 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

• Delia Falconer, novelist
• Kate Forsyth, novelist
• Anna Funder, novelist
• Malcolm Knox, novelist
• Andrew McGahan, 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 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 16 April – Eric Lambert, novelist (born 1918)
• 28 May – Edward Harrington, bush balladist and short story writer (born 1896)
• 18 August – Myra Morris, author and poet (born 1893)

See also

• 1966 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References

1. Austlit - A. D. Hope
2. "Franklin award to brilliant novel", The Canberra Times, 19 April 1967, p1
3. "The award winners", The Canberra Times, 9 July 1966, p12
4. Austlit - The Talking Clothes : Poems by William Hart-Smith