1996 in Australian literature

Awards and honours

• Mavis Thorpe Clark "for service to the arts as the author of children's literature and as an active member of the writer's organisations in Australia"
• Susanna de Vries "for service to art as an author and lecturer in Australian and European art history and history"
• Christobel Mattingley "for service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues"

Lifetime achievement

Literary

Fiction

International

National

Crime and Mystery

National

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 1996 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 12 February — Betty Roland, writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics (born 1903)
• 26 March —Godfrey Blunden, journalist and author (died in Paris)(born 1906)
• 23 April — P. L. Travers, children's writer, best known for the Mary Poppins (book series) (born 1899)
• 28 April —Mena Calthorpe, writer (born 1905)
• 27 October — Charlotte Jay, mystery writer and novelist who also wrote under her married name, Geraldine Halls (born 1919)
• 28 November — Hugh V. Clarke, soldier, public servant and author, specialising in military history (born 1919)
• 31 December — John Rowland, public servant, diplomat and poet (born 1925)

See also

• 1996 in Australia
• 1996 in literature
• 1996 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References