This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1921.
For an overview of world literature see 1921 in literature.
See also: 1920 in Australian literature, 1921 in Australia, 1922 in Australian literature.
William Baylebridge — An Anzac MusterCapel Boake — The Romany MarkJean Curlewis — The Ship That Never Set SailDulcie Deamer — RevelationArthur Gask — The Secret of the SandhillsFergus Hume — The UnexpectedJack McLaren — The Oil Seekers: The Tale of New Guinea BeachErnest O'Ferrall — Bodger and the BoardersKatharine Susannah Prichard — Black OpalSteele Rudd — On Emu CreekZora Cross — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy"C. J. Dennis — A Book for KidsMary E. Fullerton"The Selector's Wife""War Time"Lesbia Harford"Day's End""The Folk I Love""The Invisible People"Sumner Locke — In Memoriam: Sumner LockeDorothea Mackellar — "Vestal"Furnley Maurice — "Plunder"John Shaw Neilson"For a Little Girl's Birthday""The Orange Tree""To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year"John O'BrienAround the Boree Log and Other Verses"Said Hanrahan""Tangmalangaloo""The Trimmin's on the Rosary"Vance Palmer — "The SnakeChildren's and Young Adult fiction
Mary Grant Bruce — Back to BillabongMay Gibbs — Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & CuddlepieEthel Turner — King AnneVance Palmer — A Happy FamilyA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1921 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
25 January — Russell Braddon, novelist (died 1995)13 February — Marshall Grover, novelist (died 1993)13 April — Max Harris, poet and editor (died 1995)8 June — Ivan Southall, writer for children (died 2008)19 June — Patricia Wrightson, writer for children (died 2008)14 August — Ralph Elliott, critic and academic (died 2012)26 December — Donald Horne, author (died 2010)Unknown date
Ray Lawler, playwrightJohn Millet, poetDimitris Tsaloumas, poetA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1921 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
22 March — E. W. Hornung, novelist (born 1866)28 March — C. Haddon Chambers, playwright (born 1860)18 June — G. Herbert Gibson, poet (born 1846)13 September — James Hebblethwaite, poet (born 1857) 