1948 in Australian literature

List of years in literature (table)

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1948.

For an overview of world literature see 1948 in literature.

See also: 1947 in Australian literature, 1948 in Australia, 1949 in Australian literature.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Main article: 1948 in poetry

Drama

Biography

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Herz Bergner Between Sky and Sea Dolphin Publications

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[2] Older Readers Frank Hurley Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic Icepacks Angus and Robertson

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[3] Francis Webb A Drum for Ben Boyd Angus and Robertson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1948 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 1948 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

Unknown date

See also

References

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