The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for “an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year. ”[1] From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the Australian Literature Society, then from 1983 by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, when the two organisations were merged.
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Award winners
- 2007: Alexis Wright - Carpentaria (Giramondo)
- 2006: Gregory Day - The Patron Saint of Eels (Picador)
- 2005: Gail Jones - Sixty Lights (Harvill)
- 2004: Laurie Duggan - Mangroves (UQP)
- 2003: Kate Jennings - Moral Hazard
- 2002: Richard Flanagan - Gould's Book of Fish
- 2001: Rodney Hall - The Day We Had Hitler Home
- 2000: Drusilla Modjeska - Stravinsky's Lunch
- 1999: Murray Bail - Eucalyptus
- 1998: James Cowan - A Mapmaker's Dream
- 1997: Robert Dessaix - Night Letters
- 1996: Amanda Lohrey - Camille's Bread
- 1995: Helen Demidenko - The Hand That Signed the Paper
- 1994: Louis Nowra - Radiance and The Temple
- 1993: Elizabeth Riddell - Selected Poems
- 1992: Rodney Hall - The Second Bridegroom
- 1991: Elizabeth Jolley - Cabin Fever
- 1990: Peter Porter - Possible Worlds
- 1989: Frank Moorhouse - Forty-seventeen
- 1988: Brian Matthews - Louisa
- 1987: Alan Wearne - The Nightmarkets
- 1986: Thea Astley - Beachmasters
- 1985: David Ireland - Archimedes and the Seagle
- 1984: Les Murray - The People's Other World
- 1983: David Malouf - Child's Play; Fly Away Peter
- 1975-82: No Award
- 1974: David Malouf - Neighbours in a Thicket
- 1973: Francis Webb
- 1972: Alex Buzo
- 1971: Colin Badger
- 1970: Manning Clark
- 1966: A. D. Hope
- 1965: Patrick White - The Burnt Ones
- 1964: Geoffrey Blainey - The Rush that Never Ended
- 1963: John Morrison - Twenty-three stories
- 1962: Vincent Buckley - Masters in Israel
- 1960: William Hart Smith - Poems of Discovery
- 1959: Randolph Stow - To the Islands
- 1957: Martin Boyd - A Difficult Young Man
- 1955: Patrick White - The Tree of Man
- 1954: Mary Gilmore - Fourteen Men
- 1952: Tom Hungerford
- 1950: Jon Cleary - Just Let Me Be
- 1948: Herz Bergner - Between Sky and Sea
- 1942: Kylie Tennant - The Battlers
- 1941: Patrick White - Happy Valley
- 1940: William Baylebridge - This Vital Flesh
- 1939: Xavier Herbert - Capricornia
- 1938: R. D. FitzGerald - Moonlight Acre
- 1937: Seaforth Mackenzie - The Young Desire It
- 1936: Eleanor Dark - Return to Coolami
- 1935: Winifred Birkett - Earth's Quality
- 1934: Eleanor Dark - Prelude to Christopher
- 1933: G. B. Lancaster (Edith J. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Alexis Wright (born 25 November 1950 is an Indigenous Australian writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel Carpentaria Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the Australian writer For the article about the American writer see Gayl Jones Gail Jones (born 17 June 1955) is an "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Laurence James Duggan (born 1949 is an Australian Poet, Editor, and Translator. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Kate Jennings (born 20 May 1948) is an Australian Poet, essayist memoirist and Novelist. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Flanagan (born 1961 is an author historian and film director from Tasmania, Australia. Gould's Book of Fish is a 2001 novel by Richard Flanagan, based on the history of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on the West Coast of Tasmania Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Rodney Hall OAM (born 18 November 1935) is an Australian writer 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Drusilla Modjeska (born 17 October 1946) is a contemporary Australian writer and editor Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Murray Bail (born 22 September, 1941) is an Australian writer of novels short stories and non-fiction Eucalyptus is a novel by Australian Novelist Murray Bail. The book won the 1999 Miles Franklin Award and the 1999 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) James Cowan (born 1942) is an Australian author James Cowan is author of a number of internationally acclaimed books including A Troubadour’s Testament and Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Robert Dessaix (born 17 February 1944) is an Australian Novelist, Essayist and Journalist. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Amanda Francis Lillian Lohrey, (born 13 April 1947 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is a Writer, and Novelist. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Helen Dale (born 24 January 1972) also known as Helen Darville, is an Australian columnist and writer Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Louis Nowra (born 12 December 1950) is one of Australia 's most acclaimed and prolific Writers Playwrights Screenwriters Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Elizabeth Riddell ( 21 March 1910 &mdash 3 July 1998) was an Australian Poet and Journalist. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Rodney Hall OAM (born 18 November 1935) is an Australian writer Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO ( 4 June, 1923 &ndash 13 February, 2007) was an English award-winning author notable in Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Peter Porter is the name of Peter Buell Porter (1773 - 1844 U Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Frank Moorhouse (born 21 December 1938 in Nowra, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories screenplays and novels Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Brian Matthews is an Actor, best known for acting in daytime Soap operas in the 1980s Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Alan Wearne (born 1948 is an Australian poet Alan Wearne was born and grew up in Melbourne. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Thea Astley (25 August 1925 - 17 August 2004 was an Australian novelist and short story writer Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) David Ireland may refer to two different people David Ireland (artist, the American conceptual and installation artist David Ireland (author Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Leslie Allan Murray, AO (born 17 October 1938) known as Les Murray, is an Australian Poet, anthologist and critic Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) David George Joseph Malouf (born 20 March 1934) is an acclaimed Australian writer Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. David George Joseph Malouf (born 20 March 1934) is an acclaimed Australian writer Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Francis Charles Webb-Wagg ( 8 February 1925 &mdash 23 November 1973) was an Australian Poet who published under the name Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alex Buzo (23 July 1944&mdash16 August 2006 was an Australian playwright and author who wrote 88 works Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Manning Hope Clark AC Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Alec Derwent Hope (21 July 1907 &ndash 13 July 2000 was an Australian Poet and Essayist known for his satirical slant Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 — 30 September 1990 was an Australian author who was widely regarded as a major English-language novelist of the 20th century Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC (born 11 March 1930) is an Australian Historian. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vincent Buckley (1927&ndash1988 was an Australian Poet, Teacher, editor, and Critic. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Hart-Smith ( 23 November 1911 - 15 April 1990) was a New Zealand / Australian Poet who was born in The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julian Randolph Stow (born 28 November 1935 is an acclaimed Australian writer Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Martin à Beckett Boyd ( 10 June, 1893 – 3 June, 1972) was a member of Australia’s most famous and prolific artistic dynasty Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 — 30 September 1990 was an Australian author who was widely regarded as a major English-language novelist of the 20th century Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Dame Mary Jean Gilmore née Cameron DBE ( 16 August 1865 - 3 December 1962) was a prominent Australian socialist Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jon Stephen Cleary (born 22 November 1917) is an Australian author Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kathleen Kylie Tennant AO ( 12 March 1912 &ndash 28 February 1988, kаɪliː was an Australian Novelist, Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 — 30 September 1990 was an Australian author who was widely regarded as a major English-language novelist of the 20th century Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Baylebridge was the pseudonym of Charles William Blocksidge ( 12 December 1883 – 7 May 1942) an Australian Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Xavier Herbert (15 May 1901 – 10 November 1984 was an Australian Writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award -winning novel Poor Fellow My Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the botanist see Robert D FitzGerald, (1830-1892 Robert David FitzGerald III AM OBE ( 22 February 1902 Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Ivo Brownley Langwell Mackenzie (Pen name Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie) ( 25 September 1913 - 19 January 1955) was an Australian Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eleanor Dark (née O'Reilly) ( 26 August 1901 &mdash 11 September 1985) was an Australian author whose novels included Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eleanor Dark (née O'Reilly) ( 26 August 1901 &mdash 11 September 1985) was an Australian author whose novels included Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edith Joan Lyttelton (1873 – 1945 was an Australasian author who wrote as G B Lancaster Lyttleton) - Pageant
- 1932: Leonard Mann - Flesh in Armour
- 1931: Frank Dalby Davison - Manshy
- 1930: Vance Palmer - The Passage
- 1929: Henry Handel Richardson - Ultima Thule
- 1928: Martin Mills(Martin Boyd) - The Montforts
See also
References
- ^ ALS Gold Medal. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Dalby Davison ( 23 June, 1893 - 24 May, 1970) also known as F Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vance and Nettie Palmer were two of Australia 's best-known literary figures from the 1920s to the 1950s Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Handel Richardson, the Nom de plume of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, ( 3 January 1870 - 20 March 1946 The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a three-part Novel by Australian Writer Henry Handel Richardson. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin à Beckett Boyd ( 10 June, 1893 – 3 June, 1972) was a member of Australia’s most famous and prolific artistic dynasty Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans Common themes include indigenous and settler identity alienation exile and relationship Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
External links
- ALS Gold Medal Award homepage
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