1986 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1986.

Events

• Elizabeth Jolley won the 1986 Miles Franklin Award for The Well

Major publications

Novels

• Elizabeth Jolley, The Well
• Rod Jones, Julia Paradise
• John Macgregor, Propinquity
• Tim Winton, That Eye, the Sky

Children's and young adult fiction

• Graeme Base, Animalia
• Hesba Fay Brinsmead, Someplace Beautiful
• Victor Kelleher, Taronga
• Emily Rodda, Pigs Might Fly

Poetry

• Lily Brett, The Auschwitz poems'
• Robert Harris, A Cloud Passes Over
• Philip Hodgins, Blood and Bone
• Rhyll McMaster, Washing the Money: Poems with photographs
• Jan Owen, Boy with Telescope
• John A. Scott, St. Clair: Three Narratives

Drama

• Michael Gow, Away

Non-fiction

• Gillian Bouras, A Foreign Wife
• Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore
• Kylie Tennant, The Missing Heir

Awards and honours

• Geoffrey Serle AO, for "service to scholarship and literature, particularly in the field of Australian history"[1]
• Nicholas Hasluck AM, for "service to literature"[2]
• Dorothy Hewett AM, for "service to literature"[3]
• Barbara Jefferis AM, for "service to literature"[4]
• Grace Perry AM, for "service to Australian literature, particularly as editor of Poetry Australia"[5]
• Russel Ward AM, for "service to literature, particularly in the field of Australian history"[6]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1986 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 23 August — Jack Heath, writer of fiction for children and adults

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1986 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 27 September — Olga Masters, writer, journalist, novelist and short story writer (born 1919)
• 10 November — Laurence Collinson, British and Australian playwright, actor, poet, journalist, and secondary school teacher (born 1925)

See also

• 1986 in Australia
• 1986 in literature
• 1986 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References

1. "Dr Alan Geoffrey Serle". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. "Nicholas Paul Hasluck". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
3. "Dorothy Coade Hewett". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
4. "Barbara Tarlton Jefferis (Mrs Hinde)". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
5. "Dr Grace Amelia Perry". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
6. "Professor Russell Braddock Ward". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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