This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1992.
Events Tim Winton won the Miles Franklin Award for Cloudstreet
Major publications
Novels Thea Astley – Vanishing Points Brian Castro – After China Helen Garner – Cosmo Cosmolino Peter Goldsworthy – Honk If You Are Jesus Marion Halligan – Lovers' Knots Janette Turner Hospital – The Last Magician Thomas Keneally – Woman of the Inner Sea Roger McDonald – Shearers' Motel Andrew McGahan – Praise Alex Miller – The Ancestor Game
Children's and young adult fiction Pamela Allen – Belinda Brian Caswell – A Cage of Butterflies Garry Disher – The Bamboo Flute Anna Fienberg – Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life Joanne Horniman – Sand Monkeys Victor Kelleher – Del-Del Melina Marchetta – Looking for Alibrandi
Crime and mystery Peter Corris Beware of the Dog Browning, P.I. The Japanese Job Set Up Marele Day – The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado Garry Disher – Paydirt Kerry Greenwood – Death at Victoria Dock Gabrielle Lord – Whipping Boy Jan McKemmish – Only Lawyers Dancing
Science fiction and fantasy Terry Dowling – Blue Tyson Greg Egan "The Hundred Light-Year Diary" Quarantine "Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies" "The Walk" Sean McMullen – Call to the Edge (short stories)
Poetry Beatriz Copello – Women, Souls And Shadows Robert Harris – Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems A. D. Hope – Selected Poems Jill Jones – The Mask and the Jagged Star Les Murray – Translations from the Natural World Elizabeth Riddell – Selected Poems John Tranter — The Floor of Heaven
Drama
Louis Nowra Così Summer of the Aliens
Non-fiction Robert Adamson – Wards of the State Stephanie Dowrick – Intimacy and Solitude Sara Henderson – From Strength to Strength: An Autobiography A. D. Hope – Chance Encounters Ruth Park – A Fence Around the Cuckoo Donna Williams – Nobody Nowhere
Awards and honours Thea Astley for "service to Australian literature" Jack Pollard for "service to sport and sporting history"
Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award R. A. SimpsonOodgeroo Noonuccal Patrick White Award Peter Cowan
Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year Award Marion Halligan Lovers' Knots Heinemann ALS Gold Medal Rodney Hall The Second Bridegroom McPhee Gribble Colin Roderick Award Ruth Park A Fence Around the Cuckoo Viking New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards – Book of the Year Elizabeth Riddell Selected Poems Angus and Robertson
Fiction
National Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature David Malouf The Great World Chatto & Windus The Age Book of the Year Award Marion Halligan Lovers' Knots Heinemann The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Fotini Epanomitis The Mule's Foal Allen & Unwin Miles Franklin Award Tim Winton Cloudstreet Penguin Books New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Simon Leys The Death of Napoleon Allen & Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Brian Castro Double-Wolf Allen & Unwin Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Philip Salom Playback Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Vincent Buckley Last Poems McPhee Gribble Anne Elder Award Nicolette Stasko Abundance Angus & RobertsonGrace Leven Prize for Poetry Kevin Hart Peniel Golvan Arts Gary Catalano The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems :1983-1989 University of Queensland Press Mary Gilmore Award Alison Croggon This is the Stone Penguin New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Elizabeth Riddell Selected Poems Angus & Robertson Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Robert Harris Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems Paper Bark Press
Children and Young Adult Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Children's Eleanor Nilsson The House Guest Viking BooksChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Eleanor Nilsson The House Guest Viking Books Picture Book Jeannie Baker Window Julia MacRae New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Young People's Literature Robin Klein All in the Blue Unclouded Weather Penguin Books Australia Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction Eleanor Nilsson The House Guest Viking
Science fiction and fantasy Award Category Author Title Publisher Australian SF Achievement Award Best Australian Long Fiction Terry Dowling Wormwood Aphelion Best Australian Short Fiction Sean McMullen "Alone in His Chariot" Eidolon #4 Summer 1991
Drama
Award Category Author TitleNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards FilmScript Marc Rosenberg Dingo Play Louis Nowra Cosi Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Drama Jocelyn Moorhouse Proof
Non-fiction Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature David Marr Patrick White : A Life Random House Australia The Age Book of the Year Award Ruth Park A Fence Around the Cuckoo Viking New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards David Marr Patrick White : A Life Random House Australia Victorian Premier's Literary Awards David Marr Patrick White : A Life Random House Australia
Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1992 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
28 January — Dora Birtles, novelist, short-story writer, poet and travel writer (born 1903) 8 February — Roland Robinson, poet, writer and collector of Australian Aboriginal myths (born 1912) 24 May — Beatrice Davis, Australia's first full-time book editor (born 1909) 19 June — Jas H. Duke, performance poet (born 1939) 22 October — Peter Pinney, novelist and travel writer (born 1922) 6 December — Mary Finnin, artist, art teacher and poet (born 1906)Death Notice showing date of death as 6 Dec 1992, including crossreference to married name Mary Connellan, The Age, published 7 Dec 1992, via Ryerson Index 21 December — Paul White, missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author of the Jungle Doctor Series (born 1910)Hawkesbury on the Net, Paul White's grave Retrieved 1 June 2009
See also 1992 in Australia 1992 in literature 1992 in poetry List of years in literature List of years in Australian literature
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