This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1953.
For an overview of world literature see 1953 in literature.
See also:
1952 in Australian literature, 1953 in Australia, 1954 in Australian literature.
Charmian Clift and George Johnston – The Big Chariot
Dymphna Cusack – Southern Steel
Eleanor Dark – No Barrier
T. A. G. Hungerford – Riverslake
Eve Langley – Wild Australia
Jack Lindsay – Betrayed Spring : A Novel of the British Way
Ruth Park – A Power of Roses
Nevil Shute – In the Wet
Kylie Tennant – The Joyful Condemned
E. V. Timms – The Scarlet Frontier
Arthur Upfield – Murder Must Wait
A. Bertram Chandler – "Jetsam"
T. Inglis Moore – Australia Writes: An Anthology (edited)
Stephen Murray-Smith – The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories (edited)
Colin Roderick – Australian Round-Up : Stories from 1790 to 1950 (edited)
Dal Stivens – The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales
Judith Wright – "The Weeping Fig"
Children's and Young Adult fiction
K. Langloh Parker – Australian Legendary Tales, edited by Henrietta Drake-Brockman, illustrated by Elizabeth Durack
Joan Phipson – Good Luck to the Rider, illustrated by Margaret Horder
John Blight
"Cormorants"
"Crab"
"Mangrove"
"Stonefish and Starfish"
Dulcie Deamer – The Blue Centaur
Rosemary Dobson – "The Birth"
Mary Gilmore – "Old Botany Bay"
A. D. Hope – "Imperial Adam"
James McAuley – "Late Winter"
David Martin – "Bush Christmas"
T. Inglis Moore – Australia Writes : An Anthology (edited)
Marjorie Pizer – Freedom on the Wallaby (edited)
Elizabeth Riddell – "Country Tune"
Roland Robinson – Tumult of the Swans
Douglas Stewart – "Christmas Bells"
Francis Webb – Birthday
Judith Wright
"The Harp and the King"
"Request to a Year"
The Gateway
Catherine Beatrice Edmonds – Caddie, A Sydney Barmaid
Frank Hardy – Ambrose Dyson : Man and Artist of the People
Margaret Herron – Down the Years
James H. Martin & W. D. Martin – Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1953 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
9 January – Morris Gleitzman, writer for children
12 January – David Brooks, novelist and poet
5 February – Rod Jones, novelist
13 March – Stephen Sewell, playwright
18 April – Leigh Hobbs, artist and writer for children
14 May – Kerryn Goldsworthy, academic, editor and critic
30 August – Ross Clark, poet
29 November – Jackie French, writer for children
Unknown date
Marion Lennox, novelist
Ian McBryde, poet
Shane Maloney, novelist
Chris Mansell, poet and publisher
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1953 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
9 April – Albert Dorrington, novelist (born 1874)
30 June – Beatrice Grimshaw, novelist and travel writer (born 1870)
12 August – J. H. M. Abbott, novelist and poet (born 1874)
1 September – Bernard O'Dowd, poet (born 1866)
Unknown Date
Guy Innes, journalist (born 1879)
