1958 in Australian literature

List of years in literature (table)

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1958.

For an overview of world literature see 1958 in literature.

See also: 1957 in Australian literature, 1958 in Australia, 1959 in Australian literature.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Main article: 1958 in poetry

Biography

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal Not awarded
Miles Franklin Award Randolph Stow To the Islands Macdonald

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[1] Older Readers Nan Chauncy Tiger in the Bush Oxford University Press

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[2] Geoffrey Dutton Antipodes in Shoes Edwards and Shaw

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1958 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 1958 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

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