This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1964.
Events The Australian newspaper published its first issue on 14 July 1964, becoming Australia's first national daily newspaper. It is published by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited.
Major publications Books
Raymond Aitchison – The Illegitimates Patricia Carlon – The Price of an Orphan Alan Chester – Brother Captain Jon Cleary The Fall of an Eagle A Flight of Chariots Charmian Clift – Honour's Mimic Peter Cowan – Summer Dymphna Cusack – Black Lightning Lola Irish – Shadow Mountain George Johnston The Far Face of the Moon My Brother Jack Thomas Keneally – The Place at Whitton John McGhee – Sundry Debtors Frank O'Grady – The Sun Breaks Through John Patrick – Weave a Circle Dan Reidy – It's This Way David Rowbotham – The Man in the Jungle F. J. Thwaites – A Mountain for Monique John Tranter – The Livin' is Easy Judah Waten – Distant Land
Short stories
Nancy Cato – The Sea Ants and Other Stories Peter Cowan – "The Tractor" Frank Dalby Davison – The Road to Yesterday : Collected Short Stories Patrick White – The Burnt Ones
Science fiction and fantasy
Russell Braddon – The Year of the Angry Rabbit Damien Broderick – "All My Yesterdays" A. Bertram Chandler The Deep Reaches of Space The Coils of Time / Into the Alternative Universe
Children's and Young Adult fiction Hesba Brinsmead – Pastures of the Blue Crane Nan Chauncy – High and Haunted Island Ruth Park Airlift for Grandee The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Holiday
Poetry
Bruce Dawe – "How to Go On Not Looking" A. D. Hope – "An Epistle : Edward Sackville to Venetia Digby" T. Inglis Moore – From the Ballads to Brennan (edited) Oodgeroo Noonuccal – We Are Going : Poems Peter Porter – "Sydney Cove, 1788" David Rowbotham – All the Room Thomas Shapcott – The Mankind Thing Vivian Smith – "Late April : Hobart" Douglas Stewart – Modern Australian Verse (edited) Randolph Stow – "Ishmael" Francis Webb – The Ghost of the Cock : Poems
Non-fiction
Donald Horne – The Lucky Country Douglas Lockwood – Up the Track
Drama
Frank Hardy – The Ringbolter David Ireland – Image in the Clay Patrick White – Night on Bald Mountain
Awards and honours
Literary
Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal Geoffrey Blainey The Rush that Never Ended Melbourne University Press Miles Franklin Award George Johnston My Brother Jack Collins
Children and Young Adult
Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older ReadersAustlit - The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson Eleanor Spence The Green Laurel Oxford University Press Picture Book No award
Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher Grace Leven Prize for PoetryAustlit - All the Room by David Robotham David Rowbotham All the Room Jacaranda Press
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1964 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
7 May – Elliot Perlman, novelist 21 July – Gillian Mears, novelist (died 2016) 7 August – John Birmingham, novelist and journalist 10 August – Heather Rose, novelist 28 August – Traci Harding, science fiction and fantasy novelist 12 December – Georgia Blain, novelist, journalist and biographer (died 2016)
Unknown date
Jonathan Strahan, editor and anthologist (born in Belfast)
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1964 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
22 January – Zora Cross, poet (born 1890) 12 February – Arthur Upfield, novelist (born 1890) 1 May – Ethel Nhill Victoria Stonehouse, novelist and poet (born 1883) 19 October – Nettie Palmer, critic and journalist (born 1885) 21 October – E. Morris Miller, literary scholar and historian (born 1881 in Natal)
See also 1964 in Australia 1964 in literature 1964 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
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