1952 in Australian literature

List of years in literature (table)

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1952.

For an overview of world literature see 1952 in literature.

See also: 1951 in Australian literature, 1952 in Australia, 1953 in Australian literature.

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

Biography

Children's and Young Adult non-fiction

Awards and honours

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1] Tom Hungerford The Ridge and the River Angus and Robertson

Children's and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[2] Older Readers Eve Pownall, illustrated by Margaret Senior The Australia Book John Sands

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[3] R. D. Fitzgerald Between Two Tides Halstead 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 1952 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 1952 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

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