This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1973.
Events Patrick White is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first, and so far only, Australian writer to be presented with the award.
Major publications Books Kit Denton – The Breaker : A Novel Hammond Innes – Golden Soak Morris Lurie – Rappaport's Revenge Christina Stead – The Little Hotel F. J. Thwaites – Tracks I Knew Not Morris West – The Salamander Patrick White – The Eye of the Storm
Short stories Murray Bail – "Zoellner's Definition" Elizabeth Jolley – "Another Holiday for the Prince" Frank Moorhouse "The Airport, the Pizzeria, the Motel, the Rented Car, and the Mysteries of Life" The Illegal Relatives Fay Zwicky – "Hostages"
Children's and Young Adult fiction James Aldridge – A Sporting Proposition Mavis Thorpe Clark – Wildfire Max Fatchen – The Spirit Wind Elyne Mitchell – Silver Brumby Whirlwind Mary Elwyn Patchett – Roar of the Lion Ivan Southall – Matt and Jo Eleanor Spence – Time to Go Home Colin Thiele – The Fire in the Stone Patricia Wrightson – The Nargun and the Stars
Poetry
Rosemary Dobson – Selected Poems Rodney Hall – A Soapbox Omnibus A. D. Hope "Hay Fever" Selected Poems Roger McDonald – "Two Summers in Moravia" Peter Porter – Jonah (with Arthur Boyd) Vivian Smith – "The Man Fern Near the Bus Stop" Judith Wright – Alive : Poems 1971-72
Drama Ron Blair – President Wilson in Paris Peter Kenna – A Hard God John Powers – The Last of the Knucklemen David Williamson – What If You Died Tomorrow?
Awards and honours
Literary Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal Francis Webb Colin Roderick Award"Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University Dorothy Green Ulysses Bound: Henry Handel Richardsonand Her Fiction Australian National University Press Miles Franklin Award No award
Children and Young Adult Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers"The Judges' Report", The Canberra Times, 7 July 1973, p11 Noreen Shelley, illustrated by Robert Micklewright Family at The Lookout Oxford University Press Picture Book No award
Science fiction and fantasy Award Category Author Title PublisherAustralian SF Achievement Award Best Australian Science Fiction John Foyster "Let it Ring" Infinity Three
Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher Grace Leven Prize for PoetryAustlit - A Soapbox Omnibus by Rodney Hall Rodney Hall A Soapbox Omnibus University of Queensland Press
Drama
Award Author Title AWGIE Award for Stage David Williamson Don's Party
Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1973 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
18 March — Max Barry, novelist 26 October — Chloe Hooper, author 12 November — Jay Kristoff, fantasy and science fiction writer
Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1973 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
20 April – Michael Dransfield, poet (born 1948) 24 July — Isabel Mary Mitchell, novelist (born 1893) 25 July – Gina Ballantyne, poet (born 1919) 30 September — Doris Egerton Jones, novelist (born 1889) 24 October — Pat Hanna, dramatist (born 1888) 11 November — Jim Crawford, playwright (born 1908) 23 November – Francis Webb, poet (born 1925)
See also 1973 in Australia 1973 in literature 1973 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
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