1993 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1993.

Events

Alex Miller (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for The Ancestor Game

Major publications

Novels

Bryce Courtenay, April Fool's Day (novel)
Rodney Hall (writer), The Grisly Wife
David Malouf, Remembering Babylon
Roger McDonald, Water Man (novel)
Frank Moorhouse, Grand Days
Madeleine St John, The Women in Black

Children's and young adult fiction

Isobelle Carmody, The Gathering
Carmel Charles, Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly
Morris Gleitzman, Sticky Beak
John Marsden (writer), Tomorrow, When the War Began
Dorothy Porter, The Witch Number

Poetry

Robert Gray (poet), Certain Things
Barry Hill (Australian writer), Ghosting William Buckley
Philip Hodgins, The End of the Season
Jill Jones (poet), Flagging Down Time
Jennifer Maiden, Acoustic Shadow
Jan Owen, Blackberry Season
John Tranter, At the Florida

Drama

Louis Nowra, Radiance

Non-fiction

Verity Burgmann, Power and Protest: Movements for Change in Australian Society
Dorothy Hewett, The Toucher
Hazel Rowley, Christina Stead: A Biography
Peter Singer, How Are We to Live?

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1993 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

9 January — Paul Hasluck, statesman, poet, biographer and writer on politics (born 1905)
19 January — Nancy Keesing, poet, writer, editor and promoter of Australian literature (born 1923)
4 February — Leonard Frank Meares, writer of western fiction (born 1921)
1 March — Ronald McCuaig, poet, journalist, literary critic, humourist and children's author (born 1908)
23 March — Robert Harris (poet), poet (born 1951)
1 April — Kevin Gilbert (author), author, activist, artist, poet, playwright and printmaker (born 1933)
25 August — Florence James, author and literary agent (born 1902)
16 September — Oodgeroo Noonuccal, poet, political activist, artist and educator (born 1920)

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References

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Years in Australian literature (1860–present)
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020