This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1982.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award[19] | Vincent Buckley |
Patrick White Award[20] | Bruce Beaver |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award[21] | David Malouf | Fly Away Peter | Chatto & Windus |
ALS Gold Medal[22] | No award | ||
Colin Roderick Award[23] | Geoffrey Serle | John Monash : A Biography | Melbourne University Press |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Booker Prize[24] | Thomas Keneally | Schindler's Ark | Hodder and Stoughton |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award[25] | David Malouf | Fly Away Peter | Chatto & Windus |
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[26] | Brian Castro | Birds of Passage | Allen and Unwin |
Nigel Krauth | Matilda, My Darling | Allen and Unwin | |
Miles Franklin Award[27] | Rodney Hall | Just Relations | Penguin Books |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] | Peter Carey | Bliss | University of Queensland Press |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Children's Book of the Year Award[29] | Older Readers | Colin Thiele | The Valley Between | Opal Books |
Picture Book | Jan Ormerod | Sunshine | Penguin Books | |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] | Children's Book Award | Nan Hunt and Craig Smith | Whistle Up the Chimney | William Collins |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Anne Elder Award[30] | Kate Llewellyn | Trader Kate and the Elephants | Friendly Street Poets |
Peter Goldsworthy | Readings from Ecclesiastes | Angus & Robertson | |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[31] | Vivian Smith | Tide Country | Angus & Robertson |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] | Fay Zwicky | Kaddish and Other Poems | University of Queensland Press |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Geoffrey Serle | John Monash: A Biography | Melbourne University Press |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] | Richard Haese | Rebels and Precursors: The Revolutionary Years of Australian Art | Allen Lane |
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1982 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
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A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1982 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.