This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1946.
Books James Aldridge – Of Many Men Herz Bergner – Between Sky and Sea Dora Birtles – The Overlanders : A Novel Capel Boake – The Twig is Bent Martin Boyd – Lucinda Brayford Errol Flynn – Showdown Miles Franklin – My Career Goes Bung Catherine Gaskin – This Other Eden Michael Innes From London Far What Happened at Hazelwood Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Roaring Nineties Christina Stead – Letty Fox: Her Luck Kylie Tennant – Lost Haven F. J. Thwaites – They Lived That Spring Arthur Upfield – The Devil's Steps
Short stories Jon Cleary – These Small Glories Alan Marshall "The Grey Kangaroo" Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo : Short Stories Vance Palmer – "The Foal" Douglas Stewart – "The Three Jolly Foxes" Dal Stivens – The Courtship of Uncle Henry : A Collection of Tales and Stories
Children's and Young Adult fiction Leslie Rees – The Story of Karrawingi the Emu
Poetry
Rosemary Dobson "In My End is My Beginning" "The Ship of Ice" Mary E. Fullerton – The Wonder and the Apple Dorothy Hewett – "Clancy and Dooley and Don Mcleod" James Macauley – Under Aldebaran George Mackaness – Poets of Australia: An Anthology of Australian Verse(compiled) J. S. Manifold Selected Verse "The Bunyip and the Whistling Kettle" John Shaw Neilson – "To the Red Lory" Will H. Ogilvie – From Sunset to Dawn Elizabeth Riddell – "The Letter" Douglas Stewart – The Dosser in Springtime Judith Wright The Moving Image "Woman to Child" "Woman to Man"
Drama
Radio Allison Ind – Australian Bride
Theatre Dymphna Cusack – Eternal Now : A Play in Three Acts Sumner Locke Elliott – The Invisible Circus : A Play in Three Acts Louis Esson – The Southern Cross and Other Plays Nevil Shute – Vinland the Good
Biography Alec H. Chisholm – The Making of the Sentimental Bloke : A Sketch of the Remarkable Career of C.J. Dennis
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Literary
Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal Not awarded
Children's and Young Adult
Award Category Author Title Publisher Children's Book of the Year Award"Book of the Year: Children's Story by Leslie Rees", The West Australian, 13 November 1946, p8 Older Readers Leslie Rees, illustrated by Walter Cunningham The Story of Karrawingi the Emu John Sands
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1946 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
4 February – Jean Bedford, novelist (born in Cambridge, England)(died 2025) 26 February – Gabrielle Lord, novelist 28 February – Leanne Frahm, sf short story writer (died 2025) 5 March – Mem Fox, writer for children 10 March – Peter Temple, novelist (born in South Africa)(died 2018) 14 May – Raimond Gaita, author 29 June – Sally Morrison, novelist and biographer 1 August – Michael Sharkey, poet 25 August – Shelton Lea, poet (died 2005) 5 September – Lily Brett, poet and novelist 17 October – Drusilla Modjeska, biographer and novelist
Unknown date Peter Robb, novelist Rod Usher, poet and 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 1946 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
23 February – Mary Eliza Fullerton, novelist (born 1868) 20 March – Henry Handel Richardson, novelist (born 1870)"Henry Handel Richardson : Death in England" The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 March 1946, p1 18 November — Walter J. Turner, poet and playwright (born 1889)"Obituary - Mr. W. J. Turner" The Age, 21 November 1946, p2
Unknown date Harry Tighe, playwright and novelist (born 1877)
See also 1946 in Australia 1946 in literature 1946 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
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