1921 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1921

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1921.

Books

William Baylebridge — An Anzac Muster^[1]
Jean Curlewis — The Ship That Never Set Sail^[2]
Dulcie Deamer — Revelation^[3]
Arthur Gask — The Secret of the Sandhills^[4]

Fergus Hume — The Unexpected^[5]
Jack McLaren — The Oil Seekers: The Tale of New Guinea Beach^[6]
Ernest O'Ferrall — Bodger and the Boarders^[7]
Katharine Susannah Prichard — Black Opal^[8]

Poetry

Zora Cross — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy"^[9]
C. J. Dennis — A Book for Kids^[10]
Mary E. Fullerton
- "The Selector's Wife"^[11]
- "War Time"^[12]
Lesbia Harford
- "Day's End"^[13]
- "The Folk I Love"^[14]
- "The Invisible People"^[15]
Sumner Locke — In Memoriam: Sumner Locke^[16]
Dorothea Mackellar — "Vestal"^[17]
Furnley Maurice — "Plunder"^[18]
John Shaw Neilson
- "For a Little Girl's Birthday"^[19]
- "The Orange Tree"^[20]
- "To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year"^[21]
John O'Brien
- Around the Boree Log and Other Verses
- "Said Hanrahan"
- "Tangmalangaloo"^[22]
- "The Trimmin's on the Rosary"^[23]
Vance Palmer — "The Snake"^[24]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Mary Grant Bruce — Back to Billabong^[25]
May Gibbs — Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie^[26]
Ethel Turner — King Anne^[27]

Drama

Vance Palmer — A Happy Family^[28]

Births

A 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)^[29]
3 February — John Millett, poet (died 2019)^[30]
13 February — Marshall Grover, novelist (died 1993)^[31]
13 April — Max Harris, poet and editor (died 1995)^[32]
23 May — Ray Lawler, playwright
8 June — Ivan Southall, writer for children (died 2008)^[33]
19 June — Patricia Wrightson, writer for children (died 2010)^[34]
27 June — Lex Banning, poet born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen (died 1965)^[35]
14 August — Ralph Elliott, critic and academic (born in Germany) (died 2012)^[36]
17 September — Hugh Atkinson (novelist), novelist, journalist, screenwriter and documentary film maker (died 1994)^[37]
19 September – Michael Noonan, novelist and radio scriptwriter (born in New Zealand) (died 2000)^[38]
10 October – James Clavell, novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war (died 1994)^[39]
30 November – Anne Godfrey-Smith, poet and theatre producer/director (died 2011)^[40]
21 December – T. Harri Jones, Welsh poet who emigrated to Australia (died 1965)^[41]
25 December — Nan McDonald, poet and editor (died 1974)^[42]
26 December — Donald Horne, author (died 2010)^[43]

Deaths

A 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 (died in France) (born 1866 in England)^[44]
28 March — C. Haddon Chambers, playwright (born 1860)^[45]
18 June — G. Herbert Gibson, poet (born 1846 in England)^[46]
13 September — James Hebblethwaite, poet (born 1857)^[47]

References

^ "An Anzac Muster by William Baylebridge". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "The Ship That Never Set Sail by Jean Curlewis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Revelation by Dulcie Deamer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "The Secret of the Sandhills by Arthur Gask". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "The Unexpected by Fergus Hume". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "The Oil Seekers by Jack McLaren". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Bodger and the Boarders by Ernest O'Ferrall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy" by Zora Cross". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "A Book for Kids by C. J. Dennis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "The Selector's Wife" by Mary E. Fullerton". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "War Time" by Mary E. Fullerton". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "Day's End" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "The Folk I Love" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "The Invisible People" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "In Memoriam: Sumner Locke by Sumner Locke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "Vestal" by Dorothea Mackellar". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "Plunder" by Furnley Maurice". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "For a Little Girl's Birthday" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "The Orange Tree" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "Tangmalangaloo" by John O'Brien". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "The Trimmin's on the Rosary" by John O'Brien". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Austlit — "The Snake" by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie by May Gibbs". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "King Anne by Ethel Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "A Happy Family by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ Starck, Nigel, "Braddon, Russell Reading (1921–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 September 2023
^ "World War Two Service: Millett, John Antill". DVA's Nominal Rolls. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "Marshall Grover (1921-1993)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ Snowden, Betty, "Harris, Maxwell Henley (Max) (1921–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 September 2023
^ "Ivan Southall (1921-2008)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Patricia Wrightson (1921-2010)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Banning, Arthur Alexander (Lex) (1921–1965) by Gavin Souter". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Ralph Elliott (1921-2012)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Hugh Atkinson (1921-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "Michael Noonan (1921-2000)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "James Clavell (1921-1994)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "Anne Godfrey-Smith (1921-2011)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Jones, Thomas Henry (1921–1965) by Julian Croft". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Nan McDonald (1921-1974)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Donald Horne (1921-2010)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "E. W. Hornung (1866-1921)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Chambers, Charles Haddon (1860–1921) by B. G. Andrews". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "G. Herbert Gibson (1846-1921)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Hebblethwaite, James (1857–1921)". Hebblethwaite, James (1857–1921) by Hilary Webster. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.