1988 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1988.
Events[edit]
- Peter Carey won the 1988 Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda
- The Miles Franklin Award was not awarded this year as the date was changed from year of publication to year of announcement.
Major publications[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Peter Carey — Oscar and Lucinda
- Liam Davison — The Velodrome[1]
- Rodney Hall — Captivity Captive
- Dorothy Johnston — Maralinga, My Love[2]
- Thomas Keneally — Act of Grace
- Gerald Murnane — Inland
- Morris West — Masterclass
- Tim Winton — In the Winter Dark
Short stories[edit]
- Olga Masters — The Rose Fancier[3]
- Frank Moorhouse — Forty-Seventeen
Children's and young adult fiction[edit]
- Graeme Base — The Eleventh Hour
- Hesba Fay Brinsmead — When You Come to the Ferry[4]
- P. L. Travers — Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
- Gillian Rubinstein — Beyond the Labyrinth[5]
- Tim Winton — Jesse
Crime fiction[edit]
- Jon Cleary — Now and Then, Amen
- Marele Day — The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender (first in the Claudia Valentine series)[6]
Poetry[edit]
- Gwen Harwood — Bone Scan[7]
- Judith Rodriguez — The House by Water: New and Selected Poems[8]
- John Tranter — Under Berlin[9]
Drama[edit]
- Andrew Bovell — After Dinner
- Jan Cornall — Escape from a Better Place[10]
Non-fiction[edit]
- Tom Cole — Hell West and Crooked[11]
- Peter Conrad — Down Home: Revisiting Tasmania[12]
- Laurie Hergenhan (editor) — The Penguin New Literary History of Australia[13]
- Eric Rolls — A Million Wild Acres
- Dale Spender — Writing a New World: Two Centuries of Australian Women Writers[14]
Awards and honours[edit]
- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green AO, for "service to Australian literature, particularly as a writer, critic and teacher"[15]
- Elizabeth Jolley AO, for "service to Australian literature"[16]
- Rosemary Wighton AO, for "public service, to literature and to the community"[17]
- Tom Hungerford AM, for "service to literature"[18]
- David Martin (poet) AM, for "service to Australian literature"[19]
- Gavin Souter AM, for "service to literature and journalism"[20]
- Len Beadell OAM, for "service to the Public service and to literature"[21]
Lifetime achievement[edit]
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[22] | Roland Robinson |
| Patrick White Award[23] | Roland Robinson |
Literary[edit]
Fiction[edit]
International[edit]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize[27] | Peter Carey | Oscar and Lucinda | University of Queensland Press | |
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[28] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | George Turner | The Sea and Summer | Faber & Faber |
National[edit]
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[29] | Rod Jones | Julia Paradise | McPhee Gribble |
| The Age Book of the Year Award[30] | Frank Moorhouse | Forty-Seventeen | Viking |
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[31] | Tom Flood | Oceana Fine | Allen and Unwin |
| Miles Franklin Award[32] | Not awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | John Sligo | Final Things | Penguin Books Australia |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Murray Bail | Holden's Performance | Viking |
Poetry[edit]
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award[35] | Alex Skovron | The Rearrangement | Melbourne University Press |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[36] | John Tranter | Under Berlin | University of Queensland Press |
| Mary Gilmore Award[37] | Judith Beveridge | The Domesticity of Giraffes | Black Lightning Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[38] | Judith Beveridge | The Domesticity of Giraffes | Black Lightning Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Judith Beveridge | The Domesticity of Giraffes | Black Lightning Press |
Children and Young Adult[edit]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[39] | John Marsden | So Much to Tell You | Walter McVitty Books |
| Picture Book[40] | Bob Graham | Crusher is Coming! | Lothian Books | |
| Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[41] | John Marsden | So Much to Tell You | Walter McVitty Books |
Non-fiction[edit]
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year Award[42] | Robin Gerster | Big-Noting : The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing | Melbourne University Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[43] | Brian Matthews | Louisa | McPhee Gribble |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Brian Matthews | Louisa | McPhee Gribble |
Deaths[edit]
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1988 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 4 January — Alice Duncan-Kemp, writer and Indigenous rights activist (born 1901)[44]
- 28 February — Kylie Tennant, novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer and historian (born 1912)[45]
- 31 July — Stephen Murray-Smith, writer, editor and educator (born 1922)[46]
- 12 November — Vincent Buckley, poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic (born 1925)[47]
See also[edit]
- 1988 in Australia
- 1988 in literature
- 1988 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References[edit]
- ^ "Austlit — The Velodrome by Liam Davison". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Maralinga, My Love by Dorothy Johnston". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Rose Fnacier by Olga Masters". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — When You Come to the Ferry by Hesba Brinsmead". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillina Rubinstein". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender by Marele Day". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Bone Scan by Gwen Harwood". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The House by Water: New and Selected Poems by Judith Rodriguez". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Under Berlin by John Tranter". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Escape from a Better Place by Jan Cornall". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Hell West and Crooked by Tom Cole". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Down Home: Revisiting Tasmania by Peter Conrad". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Penguin New Literary History of Australia edoited by Laurie Hergenhan". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Writing a New World: Two Centuries of Australian Women Writers by Dale Spender". Austlit. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy Green, OAM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Monica Elizabeth Jolley". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Rosemary Neville Wighton". Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Arthur Guy Hungerford". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "David Martin". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Gavin Geoffrey Souter". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Leonard Beadell, BEM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "The Age" 9 December 1988, p14
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Jordison, Sam (28 May 2008). "Looking back at the Booker: Peter Carey". The Guardian.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Christina Stead Prize 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Season of gifts". The Age Monthly Review, 1 September 1988, p2. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1985-88". Austlit. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ ""Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction — 1988"". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ ""The Age Book of the Year Award - Non-Fiction 1988"". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ ""Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 1988"". Austlit. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Duncan-Kemp, Alice Monkton (1901–1988) by Pamela Lukin Watson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Kathleen (Kylie) Tennant (1912–1988) by Jane Grant". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Vincent Buckley (1925-1988)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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