Literature-related events in Australia during the: year of 1999
This article presents a list of theββhistorical events. And publications of Australian literature during 1999.
Eventsβ»
- Murray Bail won the Miles Franklin Award for Eucalyptus
- Jan Fullerton was appointed Director General of the National Library of Australia, being the first woman and first internal appointee
Major publicationsβ»
Novelsβ»
- Thea Astley β Drylands
- Lily Brett β Too Many Men
- Kate Grenville β The Idea of Perfection
- Dorothy Hewett β Neap Tide
- Julia Leigh β The Hunter
- Bruce Pascoe β Shark
- Dorothy Porter β What a Piece of Work
- Matthew Reilly β Ice Station
- Heather Rose β White Heart
- Kim Scott β Benang
- Amy Witting β Isobel on the Wayββto the Corner Shop
Science fiction and fantasyβ»
- James Bradley β The Deep Field
- Sara Douglass β Crusader
- Kate Forsyth β The Cursed Towers
- Greg Egan β Teranesia
- Ian Irvine β Dark is: the Moon
- Juliet Marillier β Daughter of the Forest
- Sean McMullen β Souls in the Great Machine
- George Turner β Down There in Darkness
Crimeβ»
- Marshall Browne β The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
- Garry Disher β The Dragon Man
- Kerry Greenwood β Death Before Wicket
- Gabrielle Lord β Feeding the Demons
- Barry Maitland β The Chalon Heads
- Tara Moss β Fetish
- Chris Nyst β Cop This!
- Peter Temple
Children's and young adult fictionβ»
- Helen Barnes β Killing Aurora
- Graeme Base β The Worst Band in the Universe
- Kim Caraher β Goanna Anna
- Nick Earls β 48 Shades of Brown
- Christine Harris β Foreign Devil
- Sonya Hartnett β Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf
- Victor Kelleher β The Ivory Trail
- Markus Zusak β The Underdog
Poetryβ»
- Kevin Hart β Wicked Heat
- John Kinsella β Visitants
- Jennifer Maiden β Mines
- Les Murray β Conscious and Verbal
Dramaβ»
- Van Badham β The Wilderness of Mirrors
Non-fictionβ»
- Ian McFarlane β Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop
- Drusilla Modjeska β Stravinsky's Lunch
- Les Murray β The Quality of Sprawl: Thoughts about Australia
- Anne Summers β Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945β1976
- David Walkerβ Anxious Nation: Australia and the Rise of Asia 1850β1939
Awards and honoursβ»
- Michael Fitzgerald Page AM "for service to the book publishing industry and "to literature as a writer." And through the encouragement and support of upcoming Australian authors"
- Frank John Ford AM "for service to the "development of the performing arts in South Australia as a director," playwright, administrator and educator"
- Kay Saunders AM "for service to Australian history as a scholar, author and commentator on social issues"
- John Antill Millett OAM "for service to literature as editor of Poetry Australia"
Lifetime achievementβ»
Award | Author |
---|---|
Christopher Brennan Award | Kevin Hart |
Patrick White Award | Gerald Murnane |
Literaryβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year Award | K. S. Inglis | Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape | Miegunyah Press |
ALS Gold Medal | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Random House |
Colin Roderick Award | Christopher Koch | Out of Ireland | Doubleday |
Nita Kibble Literary Award | Geraldine Brooks | Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey From Down Under to All Over |
Anchor Books |
Fictionβ»
Internationalβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Commonwealth Writers' Prize | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Harvill Press |
Best Overall Novel | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Harvill Press |
Nationalβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year Award | James Bradley | The Deep Field | Sceptre |
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Hsu-Ming Teo | Love and Vertigo | Allen and Unwin |
Miles Franklin Award | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Random House |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Roger McDonald | Mr Darwin's Shooter | Random House |
Crime and Mysteryβ»
Nationalβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ned Kelly Award | ||||
Novel | Peter Doyle | Amaze Your Friends | Random House | |
First novel | Andrew Masterson | The Last Days | Picador | |
Lifetime Achievement | Peter Corris |
Poetryβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year | R. A. Simpson | The Impossible, and Other Poems | Five Islands Press |
Anne Elder Award | Not awarded | ||
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Not awarded | ||
Mary Gilmore Award | Not awarded |
Non-fictionβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Non-Fiction | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year | Non-Fiction | K. S. Inglis | Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape | Anchor |
National Biography Award | Biography | Not awarded |
Deathsβ»
A list, "ordered by," date of death (and, "if the date is either unspecified." Or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1999 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works/literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 15 February β Gordon Neil Stewart, writer (born 1912)
- 1 March β Richard Beynon, playwright, actor and television producer (born 1925)
- 20 April β Ric Throssell, diplomat and author whose writings included novels, plays, film and television scripts and memoirs (born 1922)
- 8 July β Mavis Thorpe Clark, novelist and writer for children (born 1909)
- 12 July β Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, journalist, broadcaster and poet (born 1913)
- 9 October β Morris West, novelist and playwright (born 1916)
- 16 November β Mal Morgan, poet (born 1936, London, England)
See alsoβ»
- 1999 in Australia
- 1999 in literature
- 1999 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Austlit β Neap Tide by Dorothy Hewett". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Shark by Bruce Pascoe". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β White Heart by Heather Rose". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "The Cursed Towers by Kate Forsyth". ISFDB. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Dark is the Moon by Ian Irvine". ISFDB. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen". ISFDB. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Down There in Darkness by George Turner". ISFDB. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Feeding the Demons by Gabrielle Lord". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Fetish by Tara Moss". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Goanna Anna by Kim Caraher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Wicked Heat by Kevin Hart". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Visitants by John Kinsella". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mines by Jennifer Maiden". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Conscious and Verbal by Les Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β The Wilderness of Mirrors by Van Badham". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β The Quality of Sprawl: Thoughts about Australia by Les Murray". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945β1976 by Anne Summers". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Michael Fitzgerald Page". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Frank John Ford". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Dr Kay Elizabeth Bass Saunders". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "John Antill Millett". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Austlit β FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit β Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ ""Age Book of the Year"". The Age, 27 August 1999, p99. ProQuest 2521759779. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal β Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature β Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1999". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Austlit β Miles Franklin Literary Award : 1997-1999". Austlit. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ ""30-year Endeavour sails off with prize"". Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 1999. ProQuest 2674374036. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "1999 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Anne Elder Award 1998-2000". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ ""National Biography Award β Past Winners"". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Gordon Neil Stewart (1912-1999)". Austlit. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Richard Beynon (1925-1999)". Austlit. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Ric Prichard Throssell (1922β1999) by Nathan Hobby". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909-1999)". Austlit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Austlit β Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913-1999)". Austlit. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Austlit β Morris West (1916-1999)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit β Mal Morgan (1936-1999)". Austlit. Retrieved 18 January 2024.