1999 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1999.
Events
- Murray Bail won the Miles Franklin Award for Eucalyptus
- Jan Fullerton was appointed Director General of the National Library of Australia, being the first woman and first internal appointee
Major publications
Novels
- Thea Astley — Drylands
- Lily Brett — Too Many Men
- Marshall Browne – The Burnt City[1]
- Kate Grenville — The Idea of Perfection
- Dorothy Hewett — Neap Tide[2]
- Julia Leigh — The Hunter
- Michael Meehan — The Salt of Broken Tears
- Bruce Pascoe — Shark[3]
- Dorothy Porter — What a Piece of Work
- Matthew Reilly — Ice Station
- Heather Rose — White Heart[4]
- Kim Scott — Benang
- Amy Witting — Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
Science fiction and fantasy
- James Bradley — The Deep Field
- Trudi Canavan – "Whispers of the Mist Children"
- Sara Douglass — Crusader
- Kate Forsyth – The Cursed Towers[5]
- Greg Egan
- Ian Irvine — Dark is the Moon[6]
- Juliet Marillier – Daughter of the Forest
- Sean McMullen – Souls in the Great Machine[7]
- George Turner – Down There in Darkness[8]
Crime
- Marshall Browne — The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
- Garry Disher — The Dragon Man
- Kerry Greenwood – Death Before Wicket[9]
- Gabrielle Lord – Feeding the Demons[10]
- Barry Maitland – The Chalon Heads
- Tara Moss – Fetish[11]
- Chris Nyst — Cop This!
- Peter Temple
Children's and young adult fiction
- Helen Barnes — Killing Aurora
- Graeme Base — The Worst Band in the Universe
- Damien Broderick, with Rory Barnes — Stuck in Fast Forward
- Kim Caraher — Goanna Anna[12]
- Nick Earls — 48 Shades of Brown
- Christine Harris — Foreign Devil
- Sonya Hartnett — Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf
- Victor Kelleher — The Ivory Trail
- Dave Luckett — A Dark Victory
- Markus Zusak — The Underdog
Poetry
- Kevin Hart — Wicked Heat[13]
- John Kinsella — Visitants[14]
- Jennifer Maiden — Mines
- Les Murray — Conscious and Verbal[15]
Drama
- Van Badham — The Wilderness of Mirrors[16]
Non-fiction
- Ian McFarlane — Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop
- Drusilla Modjeska — Stravinsky's Lunch
- Les Murray — The Quality of Sprawl: Thoughts about Australia[17]
- Anne Summers — Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945–1976[18]
- David Walker— Anxious Nation: Australia and the Rise of Asia 1850–1939
Awards and honours
- Michael Fitzgerald Page AM "for service to the book publishing industry and to literature as a writer, and through the encouragement and support of upcoming Australian authors"[19]
- Frank John Ford AM "for service to the development of the performing arts in South Australia as a director, playwright, administrator and educator"[20]
- Kay Saunders AM "for service to Australian history as a scholar, author and commentator on social issues"[21]
- John Antill Millett OAM "for service to literature as editor of Poetry Australia"[22]
Lifetime achievement
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year Award[25] | K. S. Inglis | Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape | Miegunyah Press |
| ALS Gold Medal[26] | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Random House |
| Colin Roderick Award[27] | Christopher Koch | Out of Ireland | Doubleday |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award[28] | Geraldine Brooks | Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey From Down Under to All Over |
Anchor Books |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[29] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Harvill Press |
| Best Overall Novel | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Harvill Press | |
National
Crime and Mystery
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Kelly Award[37] | ||||
| Novel | Peter Doyle | Amaze Your Friends | Random House | |
| First novel | Andrew Masterson | The Last Days | Picador | |
| Lifetime Achievement | Peter Corris | |||
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award[38] | Older Readers | Phillip Gwynne | Deadly, Unna? | Penguin Books |
| Picture Book | John Marsden & Shaun Tan | The Rabbits | Lothian | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Children's Literature | Odo Hirsch | Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman | Allen & Unwin |
| Young People's Literature | Garry Disher | The Divine Wind | Hodder Headline Australia | |
| Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[35] | Phillip Gwynne | Deadly, Unna? | Penguin |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year[25] | R. A. Simpson | The Impossible, and Other Poems | Five Islands Press |
| Anne Elder Award[39] | Not awarded | ||
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[40] | Not awarded | ||
| Mary Gilmore Award[41] | Not awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Lee Cataldi | Race Against Time | Penguin Books Australia |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Gig Ryan | Pure and Applied | Paper Bark Press |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[36] | Tracy Ryan | The Willing Eye | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | FilmScript | Heather Rose, Frederick Stahl and Rolf de Heer | Dance Me to My Song |
| Play | Scott Rankin and Leah Purcell | Box the Pony | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Drama | Catherine Zimdahl | Clark in Sarajevo |
Non-fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Non-Fiction | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year[25] | Non-Fiction | K. S. Inglis | Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape | Anchor |
| National Biography Award[42] | Biography | Not awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Non-Fiction | Ray Parkin | H M Bark Endeavour | Melbourne University Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Non-Fiction | Peter Robb | M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio | Duffy and Snellgrove |
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1999 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 15 February — Gordon Neil Stewart, writer (born 1912)[43]
- 1 March — Richard Beynon, playwright, actor and television producer (born 1925)[44]
- 20 April — Ric Throssell, diplomat and author whose writings included novels, plays, film and television scripts and memoirs (born 1922)[45]
- 8 July — Mavis Thorpe Clark, novelist and writer for children (born 1909)[46]
- 12 July — Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, journalist, broadcaster and poet (born 1913)[47]
- 9 October — Morris West, novelist and playwright (born 1916)[48]
- 16 November — Mal Morgan, poet (born 1936, London, England)[49]