This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1955.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Main article: 1955 in poetry

Drama

Biography

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Patrick White The Tree of Man Viking Press

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[2] Older Readers Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay, illustrated by Madeleine Boyce The First Walkabout Longmans Green

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[3] A. D. Hope The Wandering Islands 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 1955 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 1955 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

  1. ^ Austlit - The Tree of Man
  2. ^ Austlit - The First Walkabout by Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay
  3. ^ Austlit - The Wandering Islands by A.D. Hope
  4. ^ "Kenneth Ivo (Seaforth) Mackenzie (1913–1955) by Veronica Brady". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Truebridge, Benjamin Arthur (1882–1955) by Patrick Buckridge". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Austlit — Charles Shaw". Austlit. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells (1913–1955) by John Dally". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.