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- Events
- Major publications Books Short stories Children's and Young Adult fiction Poetry Drama
- Awards and honours Literary Children and Young Adult Poetry
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}{{Year nav topic5|1973|literature|poetry}}This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1973. For an overview of world literature see 1973 in literature. See also:1972 in Australian literature, 1973 in Australia, 1974 in Australian literature. Events - Patrick White is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first, and so far only, Australian writer to be presented with the award.[1]
Major publications Books - Kit Denton – The Breaker : A Novel
- Hammond Innes – Golden Soak
- Morris Lurie – Rappaport's Revenge
- Christina Stead – The Little Hotel
- Morris West – The Salamander
- Patrick White – The Eye of the Storm
Short stories - Murray Bail – "Zoeliner's Definition"
- Elizabeth Jolley – "Another Holiday for the Prince"
- Frank Moorhouse
- "The Airport, the Pizzeria, the Motel, the Rented Car, and the Mysteries of Life"
- The Illegal Relatives
- Fay Zwicky – "Hostages"
Children's and Young Adult fiction - James Aldridge – A Sporting Proposition
- Mavis Thorpe Clark – Wildfire
- Max Fatchen – The Spirit Wind
- Elyne Mitchell – Silver Brumby Whirlwind
- Mary Elwyn Patchett – A Roar of the Lion
- Ivan Southall – Matt and Jo
- Eleanor Spence – Time to Go Home
- Colin Thiele – The Fire in the Stone
- Patricia Wrightson – The Nargun and the Stars
Poetry {{Main|1973 in poetry}}- Rosemary Dobson – Selected Poems
- A. D. Hope
- "Hay Fever"
- Selected Poems
- Roger McDonald – "Two Summers in Moravia"
- Peter Porter – Jonah
- Vivian Smith – "The Man Fern Near the Bus Stop"
- Judith Wright – Alice : Poems 1971-72
Drama - John Power – The Last of the Knucklemen
Awards and honoursLiterary| Award | Author | Title | Publisher | | ALS Gold Medal[2] | Francis Webb | | Colin Roderick Award[3] | Dorothy Green | Ulysses Bound: Henry Handel Richardson and Her Fiction | Australian National University Press | | Miles Franklin Award | No award | |
Children and Young Adult| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher | | Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[4] | Noreen Shelley, illustrated by Robert Micklewright | Family at The Lookout | Oxford University Press | |
| Picture Book[4] | No award | |
Poetry| Award | Author | Title | Publisher | | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Rodney Hall[5] | A Soapbox Omnibus | University of Queensland 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 1973 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. Unknown date- Max Barry, novelist
- Chloe Hooper, author
Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1973 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. - 20 April – Michael Dransfield, poet (born 1948)
- 23 November – Francis Webb, poet (born 1925)
See also - 1973 in literature
- 1973 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1973/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1973|publisher=Nobel Foundation|accessdate=2008-10-17}}
2. ^Austlit - ALS Gold Medal
3. ^[https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/colin-roderick-award/previous-winners2 "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University]
4. ^1 "The Judges' Report", The Canberra Times, 7 July 1973, p11
5. ^Austlit - A Soapbox Omnibus by Rodney Hall
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