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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1994.

Events

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Major publications

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Novels

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Short stories

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Science fiction and fantasy

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Crime and mystery

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Children's and young adult fiction

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Poetry

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Drama

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Non-fiction

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Awards and honours

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Lifetime achievement

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Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[32] Judith Rodriguez
Patrick White Award[33] Dimitris Tsaloumas

Literary

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Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[34] Peter Carey The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith University of Queensland Press
ALS Gold Medal[35] Louis Nowra Radiance and The Temple Currency Press
Colin Roderick Award[36] Patrick Buckridge The Scandalous Penton: A Biography of Brian Penton University of Queensland Press
Nita Kibble Literary Award[37] Marion Halligan Lovers' Knots Heinemann

Fiction

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International

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[38] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region David Malouf Remembering Babylon Random House
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Fotini Epanomitis The Mule's Foal Allen & Unwin

National

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[39] Frank Moorhouse Grand Days William Heinemann
The Age Book of the Year Award[34] Peter Carey The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith University of Queensland Press
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[40] Darren Williams Swimming in Silk Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[41] Rodney Hall The Grisly Wife Macmillan
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[42] Adib Khan Seasonal Adjustments Allen and Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[43] John A. Scott What I Have Written McPhee Gribble
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[44] Joan London Letter to Constantine Fremantle Arts Centre Press

Poetry

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[39] Andrew Lansdown Between Glances Fremantle Arts Centre Press
The Age Book of the Year Award[34] Dorothy Porter The Monkey's Mask Hyland House
Anne Elder Award[45] Not awarded
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[46] Not awarded
Mary Gilmore Award[47] Deborah Staines Now, Millenium Spinifex Press

Children and Young Adult

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[43] Ursula Dubosarsky The White Guinea-Pig Viking Books

Non-fiction

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[39] Susan Maushart Sort of a Place Like Home: Remembering the Moore River Native Settlement Fremantle Arts Centre Press
The Age Book of the Year Award[34] Jim Davidson Lyrebird Rising Melbourne University Press

Births

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A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Deaths

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A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1994 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Just Like That by Lily Brett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ "What I Have Written by John A. Scott". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. ^ "The Wild Sweet Flowers by". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  5. ^ "The Lottery : Nine Science Fiction Stories edited by Lucy Sussex". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Voices in the Light by Sean McMullen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Genetic Soldier by George Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Casino by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Get Even by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  10. ^ "The Time Trap by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  11. ^ "The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi by Marele Day". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Crosskill by Garry Disher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  14. ^ "A Grain of Truth by Nicholas Hasluck". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  15. ^ "The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Stiff by Shane Maloney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  17. ^ "The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Waving to Hart Crane by Robert Adamson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Anima and Other Poems by Bruce Beaver". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Coming Home from the World by Peter Boyle". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Peninsula by Dorothy Hewett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Flying the Coop: New and Selected Poems 1972-1994 by Rhyll McMaster". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Night Rainbows by Jan Owen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Falling From Grace by Hannie Rayson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Aphrodite and the Others by Gillian Bouras". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  26. ^ "A Mother's Disgrace by Robert Dessaix". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Heddy and Me by Susan Varga". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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  29. ^ "Professor Laurence Thomas Hergenhan". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  30. ^ "Joan Margaret Phipson". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Judith Catherine Rodriguez". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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  33. ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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  35. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  36. ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  37. ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  38. ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  39. ^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  40. ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1994". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  41. ^ "Second Franklin 'transforms" the year for Hall". The Canberra Times, 31 May 1994, p3. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  42. ^ "Adib cooks himself a winner". Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 1994, p11. ProQuest 2527414236. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  43. ^ a b ""Opera critic writes a winner"". The Age, 15 October 1994, p8. ProQuest 2521649019. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  44. ^ ""Prodigal poet homoured"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 October 1994, p14. ProQuest 2527564281. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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  46. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  47. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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  49. ^ "Austlit — Robbie Coburn". Austlit. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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  52. ^ "Nene Gare (1919-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  53. ^ "Austlit — James Clavell (1921-1994)". Austlit. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  54. ^ "Hugh Atkinson (1921-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  55. ^ "Dame Mary Gertrude Durack (1913–1994) by Malcolm Allbrook". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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