1926 in Australian literature

The year 1926 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1926 in literature.

See also: 1925 in Australian literature, 1926 in Australia, 1927 in Australian literature.

Books

• Mary Grant Bruce — The Tower Rooms
• Carlton Dawe — The Forbidden Shrine
• Jean Devanny
  • The Butcher Shop
  • Lenore Divine
• Mabel Forrest — Gaming Gods
• Mary Gaunt — The Forbidden Town
• Jack McLaren
  • The Hidden Lagoon
  • Isle of Escape : A Story of the South Seas
• Katharine Susannah Prichard
  • The Wild Oats of Han
  • Working Bullocks
• Steele Rudd — The Romance of Runnibede
• Nevil Shute — Marazan

Poetry

• Jack Lindsay — The Passionate Neatherd : a lyric sequence
• Dorothea Mackellar — Fancy Dress and Other Verse
• Furnley Maurice — "Beauty of the World"
• Myra Morris — "The Pallid Cuckoo"
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "The Birds Go By"
  • "The Flight of the Weary"
  • "The Gentle Water Bird"
• Will H. Ogilvie — My Mither's Aunt and Other Verses
• Nettie Palmer — "The Mystery Man"
• Kenneth Slessor — Earth-Visitors : Poems

Short stories

• Xavier Herbert — "The Maniac and the Full Moon"
• Vance Palmer — "The Birthday"
• Katharine Susannah Prichard — "The Curse"
• Steele Rudd — The Rudd Family

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Mary Grant Bruce — Robin
• W. M. Fleming — Bunyip Told Me
• Ethel Turner — Funny
• Lilian Turner — The Happy Heriots

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1926 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 31 July — Ian Moffitt, novelist (died 2000)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1926 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 27 April — Ada Cambridge, novelist and poet (born 1844)
• 6 June — Henry Tate, poet (born 1873)

See also

• 1926 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References