1969 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.
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For an overview of world literature see 1969 in Australian literature.
See also: 1968 in Australian literature, 1969 in Australia, 1970 in Australian literature.
Major publications
Books
Short stories
- Manning Clark – Disquiet and Other Stories
- T. A. G. Hungerford – "Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox"
- Frank Moorhouse – Futility and Other Animals
- Dal Stivens – Selected Stories 1936-1968
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Hesba Brinsmead – Isle of the Sea Horse
- Joan Phipson – Peter and Butch
- Ivan Southall – Finn's Folly
- Eleanor Spence – Jamberoo Road
- Colin Thiele – Blue Fin
Poetry
- Bruce Beaver – Letters to Live Poets
- Gwen Harwood
- "Barn Owl"
- "Father and Child"
- A. D. Hope – New Poems 1956-1969
- James McAuley – Surprises of the Sun
- David Malouf – "The Year of the Foxes"
- Les Murray – The Weatherboard Cathedral
- Thomas Shapcott – Inwards to the Sun : Poems
- Randolph Stow – A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems
Awards and honours
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| ALS Gold Medal | No award | ||
| Colin Roderick Award[1] | Francis Webb | Collected Poems | Angus and Robertson |
| Miles Franklin Award[2] | George Johnston | Clean Straw for Nothing | Collins |
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[3] | Margaret Balderson | When Jays Fly to Barbmo | Oxford University Press |
| Picture Book[3] | Ivan Southall, illustrated by Ted Greenwood | Sly Old Wardrobe | Cheshire | |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] | Randolph Stow | A Counterfeit Silence: Selected 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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 1 April – Larissa Behrendt, novelist and academic
- 23 October – Trudi Canavan, novelist
Unknown date
- Tegan Bennett Daylight, 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 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 8 July – Charmian Clift, novelist (born 1923)
- 12 July — Henry George Lamond, novelist (born 1885)
- 4 September – Emily Bulcock, poet and journalist (born 1877)
- 2 October – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (born 1883)
- 11 October – Marie Bjelke Petersen, novelist (born 1874)
- 21 November – Norman Lindsay, novelist and artist (born 1879)
- 27 November – May Gibbs, writer for children (born 1877)
Unknown date
- Kathleen Dalziel, poet (born 1881)