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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1987.

Events

Major publications

Novels

Short stories

Children's and young adult fiction

Science fiction and fantasy

Crime and mystery

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[18] Not awarded
Patrick White Award[19] William Hart-Smith

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[20] Jessica Anderson Stories from the Warm Zone Penguin
ALS Gold Medal[21] Alan Wearne The Nightmarkets Penguin
Colin Roderick Award[22] Nancy Phelan Home is the Sailor and the Best of Intentions Hyland House

Fiction

International

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[23] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Blanche d'Alpuget Winter in Jerusalem Heinemann

National

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[24] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[20] Jessica Anderson Stories from the Warm Zone Penguin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[25] Jim Sakkas Ilias Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[26] Glenda Adams Dancing on Coral Viking Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] Glenda Adams Dancing on Coral Viking Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[28] Janine Burke Second Sight Greenhouse Publications

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[24] Not awarded
Anne Elder Award[29] Sarah Day A Hunger to be Less Serious Angus & Robertson
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[30] Elizabeth Riddell Occasions of Birds and Other Poems Brindabella Press
Mary Gilmore Award[31] Jan Owen Boy with Telescope Angus & Robertson
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] Philip Hodgins Blood and Bone Angus & Robertson
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[28] Lily Brett The Auschwitz Poems Scribe

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[32] Simon French All We Know Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[33] Junko Morimoto, translated by Isao Morimoto Kojuro and the Bears Random House
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] Young People's Literature Nan Hunt and Betina Ogden A Rabbit Named Harris William Collins

Drama

Award Category Author Title
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] Film Script David Parker Malcolm
Television Script Helen Garner Two Friends
Play David Malouf Blood Relations

Non-fiction

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[24] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[20] Robert Hughes The Fatal Shore Knopf
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] Patrick O'Farrell The Irish In Australia University of New South Wales Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[28] Hugh Stretton Political Essays

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1987 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Austlit — Waiting for Childhood by Sumner Locke Elliott". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Austlit — Kewpie Doll by Barbara Hanrahan". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Austlit — Paper Nautilus by Nicholas Jose". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Austlit — Amy's Children by Olga Masters". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Austlit — Pemulwuy, the Rainbow Warrior by Eric Wilmot". Austlit. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Austlit — It's Raining in Mango by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ^ Lewis, Julie (1987). The Walls of Jericho. Fremantle, W.A : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 978-0-949206-16-9.
  8. ^ "Austlit — The January Zone by Peter Corris". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Austlit — Grim Pickings by Jennifer Rowe". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Austlit — Alice in Wormland by Dorothy hewett". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Austlit — Me and the Man in the Moon by Dorothy Hewtt". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Austlit — Windy Gully by Wendy Richardson". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Rosemary de Brissac Dobson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  14. ^ "David George Joseph Malouf". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Peter Walkinshaw Cowan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Ruth Park (Mrs Niland)". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Dr Frederica Lucy Erickson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award 1980-87". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  20. ^ a b c ""Book judges find winners in warm zones and on fatal shores"". The Age, 5 December 1987, p5. ProQuest 2521294318. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  21. ^ "ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  23. ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  24. ^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Austlit — Dancing on Coral - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  27. ^ a b c d e "No prize for coming first, say literary judges". Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September 1987, p4. ProQuest 2526227339. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  28. ^ a b c "The Premier's Literary Awards Winners". The Age, 19 September 1987, p13. ProQuest 2676210045. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  29. ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1985-88". Austlit. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  30. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  32. ^ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  33. ^ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  34. ^ "Cyril Altson Pearl (1904–1987) by Patrick Buckridge". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  35. ^ Kent, Jacqueline, "Kenneth Bernard Cook (1929–1987)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 19 October 2023
  36. ^ "Barnard, Marjorie Faith (Marjory) (1897–1987) by Jill Roe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  37. ^ "FitzGerald, Robert David (Bob) (1902–1987) by Stuart Lee". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  38. ^ "Perry, Grace Amelia (1927-1987)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  39. ^ "Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987) by Lisa MacKinney and Jenny Gregory". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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