This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1964.

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Non-fiction

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Geoffrey Blainey The Rush that Never Ended Melbourne University Press
Miles Franklin Award[2] George Johnston My Brother Jack Collins

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[3] Eleanor Spence The Green Laurel Oxford University Press
Picture Book No award

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] 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.

Unknown date

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.

See also

References

  1. Austlit - The Rush that Never Ended by Geoffrey Blainey
  2. Austlit - My Brother Jack by George Johnston
  3. Austlit - The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson
  4. Austlit - All the Room by David Robotham
  5. "Austlit — Elliot Perlman". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. "Austlit — Gillian Mears". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  7. "Austlit — John Birmingham". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  8. "Austlit — Heather Rose". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  9. "Austlit — Traci Harding". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  10. "Austlit — Jonathan Strahan". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  11. "Cross, Zora Bernice May (1890–1964) by Dorothy Green". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  12. "Upfield, Arthur William (1890–1964) by Stephen Knight". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  13. Edgar, Suzanne, "Stonehouse, Ethel Nhill Victoria (1883–1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2022-09-29
  14. "Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885–1964) by D. J. Jordan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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