1984 in Australian literature

Awards and honours

• Nancy Cato , for "service to Australian literature"
• John Manifold , for "service literature as a poet and musician
• Dorothy Auchterlonie Green , for "service to Australian literature"

Lifetime achievement

Literary awards

Fiction awards

Children and Young Adult

Science fiction and fantasy

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1984 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 21 January — Alan Marshall, writer, story teller, humanist and social documenter (born 1902)
• 12 March — Peg Maltby, artist, book illustrator and children's writer (born 1899 in England)
• 6 June — A. Bertram Chandler, mariner-turned-science fiction writer (born 1912)
• 24 June — Francis Brabazon, poet and member of Meher Baba's mandali (born 1907)
• 29 September — Hal Porter, novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (1911)
• 10 November — Xavier Herbert, writer (born 1901)
• 10 December — Jean Campbell, novelist (born 1901)
• 23 December — Joan Lindsay, novelist, playwright, essayist and visual artist (born 1896)

See also

• 1984 in Australia
• 1984 in literature
• 1984 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References