This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1988.
Events
- 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
Novels
- Peter Carey — Oscar and Lucinda
- Liam Davison — The Velodrome
- Rodney Hall — Captivity Captive
- Dorothy Johnston — Maralinga, My Love
- Thomas Keneally — Act of Grace
- Gerald Murnane — Inland
- Morris West — Masterclass
- Tim Winton — In the Winter Dark
Children's and young adult fiction
- Graeme Base — The Eleventh Hour
- Hesba Fay Brinsmead — When You Come to the Ferry
- Gillian Rubinstein — Beyond the Labyrinth
- Tim Winton — Jesse
Crime fiction
- Marele Day - The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender (first in the Claudia Valentine series)
Poetry
- Gwen Harwood — Bone Scan
- Judith Rodriguez — New and selected poems: The house by water
- John Tranter — Under Berlin
Drama
- Andrew Bovell — After Dinner
- Jan Cornall — Escape from a Better Place
Non-fiction
- Tom Cole — Hell West and Crooked
- Peter Conrad — Down Home: Revisiting Tasmania
- Laurie Hergenhan (editor) — The Penguin New Literary History of Australia
- Eric Rolls — A Million Wild Acres
- Dale Spender — Writing a new world: Two centuries of Australian women writers
Awards and honours
- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green AO, for "service to Australian literature, particularly as a writer, critic and teacher"[1]
- Elizabeth Jolley AO, for "service to Australian literature"[2]
- Rosemary Wighton AO, for "public service, to literature and to the community"[3]
- Tom Hungerford AM, for "service to literature"[4]
- David Martin (poet) AM, for "service to Australian literature"[5]
- Gavin Souter AM, for "service to literature and journalism"[6]
- Len Beadell OAM, for "service to the Public service and to literature"[7]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[8] | Roland Robinson |
| Patrick White Award[9] | Roland Robinson |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[10] | Brian Matthews | Louisa | McPhee Gribble |
| Colin Roderick Award[11] | Peter Carey | Oscar and Lucinda | Hyland House |
Fiction awards
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[12] | Not awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[13] | John Sligo | Final Things | Penguin Books Australia |
Deaths
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)[14]
- 28 February — Kylie Tennant, novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer and historian (born 1912)[15]
- 31 July — Stephen Murray-Smith, writer, editor and educator (born 1922)[16]
- 12 November — Vincent Buckley, poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic (born 1925)[17]
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit — Christina Stead Prize 1988". Austlit. Retrieved 10 November 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". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ "Vincent Buckley". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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