Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1950
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1950.
Books
Short stories
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Crime and mystery
Poetry
Drama
Biography
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
Literary
Children's and Young Adult
Poetry
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1950 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 15 January – Peter Pierce, academic, editor and critic (died 2018)[43]
- 16 January – Brian Castro, novelist[44]
- 24 March – Andrea Goldsmith, novelist[45]
- 26 July – Terry Denton, writer and illustrator[46]
- 8 August – Philip Salom, poet and novelist[47]
- 1 September – John Forbes, poet (died 1998)[48]
- 6 September – Robyn Davidson, travel writer[49]
- 27 September – John Marsden, writer and teacher[50]
- 14 October – Kate Grenville, novelist[51]
- 25 November – Alexis Wright, novelist[52]
- 12 December – Louis Nowra, playwright[53]
- 22 December – Nick Enright, playwright (died 2003)[54]
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Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1950 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
See also
References