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1916 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1916.

Contents

For an overview of world literature see 1916 in literature.

See also: 1915 in Australian literature, 1916 in Australia, 1917 in Australian literature.

Books

  • Sumner Locke – Samaritan Mary
  • Rosa Praed – Sister Sorrow: A Story of Australian Life
  • Katharine Susannah Prichard – Windlestraws

    • Short stories

  • Mary Gaunt – The Ends of the Earth: Stories
  • Steele Rudd – Grandpa's Selection

    • Children's and Young Adult fiction

  • Mary Grant Bruce – Jim and Wally
  • Ethel Turner – John of Daunt

    • Poetry

  • Christopher Brennan – "Irish to English: April 26, 1916"
  • C. J. Dennis – The Moods of Ginger Mick
  • Joseph Furphy & Kate Baker – The Poems of Joseph Furphy
  • Leon Gellert – "The Last to Leave"
  • Henry Lawson – "Black Bonnets"
  • Will H. Ogilvie – The Australian and Other Verses

    • Biography

  • Douglas Sladen – From Boundary-Rider to Prime Minister: Hughes of Australia, The Man of the Hour

    • Births

    A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1916 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

  • 26 January – Justina Williams, poet (died 2008)
  • 26 April – Morris West, novelist (died 1999)
  • 25 September – Jessica Anderson, novelist (died 2010)
  • 16 October – George Turner, novelist and critic (died 1997)

    • Deaths

    A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1916 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • April – Frank Hutchinson, poet (born ca 1836)

    • References

    1916 in Australian literature Wikipedia
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