1967 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1967.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970

For an overview of world literature see 1967 in literature.

See also: 1966 in Australian literature, 1967 in Australia, 1968 in Australian literature.

Major publications

Books

Short stories
  • Beatrice Davis – Short Stories of Australia - The Moderns (edited)
  • Frank Hardy – Billy Borker Yarns Again
  • Shirley Hazzard – People in Glass Houses
  • Douglas Stewart – Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition (edited)
  • Kylie Tennant – Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals
  • Jack Wodhams – "There is a Crooked Man"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry
Main article: 1967 in poetry

Biography

Awards and honours

Literary
Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal No award
Colin Roderick Award[1] Douglas Stewart Collected Poems 1936-1967 Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award[2] Thomas Keneally Bring Larks and Heroes Cassell

Children and Young Adult
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[3] Mavis Thorpe Clark The Min-Min Lansdowne Press
Picture Book[3] No award

Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] Douglas Stewart Collected Poems 1936-1967 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 1967 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 1967 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 21 January - Cecil Mann, poet and novelist (born 1896)
  • 7 February – David Unaipon, writer (born 1872)
  • 29 March – D'Arcy Niland, novelist (born 1917)
  • 25 November– Hal Gye, artist and writer (born 1887)

Unknown date

  • Llewelyn Lucas, poet (born 1898)
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See also

References
  1. "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
  2. "Novel Award", The Canberra Times, 3 April 1968, p3
  3. "Children's Book Week 1967", The Canberra Times, 8 July 1967, p13
  4. Austlit - Collected Poems 1936-1967 by Douglas Stewart
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