1940 in Australian literature

List of years in literature (table)

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1940.

For an overview of Australian literature see List of years in Australian_literature

For an overview of world literature see 1940 in literature.

See also: 1939 in Australian literature, 1940 in Australia, 1941 in Australian literature.

Events

Books

Children's

Poetry

Main article: 1940 in poetry

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[2] William Baylebridge This Vital Flesh Tallabila Press

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1940 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 1940 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

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