1968 in Australian literature

List of years in literature (table)

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1968.

For an overview of world literature see 1968 in literature.

See also: 1967 in Australian literature, 1968 in Australia, 1969 in Australian literature.

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Main article: 1968 in poetry

Biography

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal No award
Colin Roderick Award[1] Gavin Souter A Peculiar People : The Australians in Paraguay Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award[2] Thomas Keneally Three Cheers for the Paraclete Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers[3] Ivan Southall To the Wild Sky Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[3] No award

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] David Campbell Selected Poems 1942-1968 Angus and Robertson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1968 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 1968 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

Unknown date

See also

References

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