1987 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during '''1987'''.

For an overview of world literature see '''[[1987 in literature]]'''.

''See also:''
[[1986 in Australian literature]],
[[1987 in Australia]],
[[1988 in Australian literature]].

==Events==

* [[Glenda Adams]] won the 1987 [[Miles Franklin Award]] for ''[[Dancing on Coral]]''

== Major publications ==
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=== Novels ===
* [[Glenda Adams]], ''[[Dancing on Coral]]''

=== Short story anthologies ===
* Julie Lewis, ''The Walls of Jericho: Stories''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

=== Children's and young adult fiction ===
* [[John Marsden (writer)|John Marsden]], ''[[So Much to Tell You]]''

=== Poetry ===
* [[Judith Beveridge]], ''The Domesticity of Giraffes''

=== Drama ===
* [[Dorothy Hewett]], ''Me and the Man in the Moon''
* [[Wendy Richardson]], ''Windy Gully''
* [[David Williamson]], ''[[Emerald City (play)]]''

===Science fiction and fantasy===
* [[Isobelle Carmody]], ''[[Obernewtyn (novel)]]''

=== Non-fiction ===
* [[Sally Morgan (artist)|Sally Morgan]], ''[[My Place (book)]]''

==Awards and honours==
* [[Rosemary Dobson]] , for "service to literature, particularly in the field of poetry"<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[David Malouf]] , for "service to literature"<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Peter Cowan (writer)]] , for "service to Australian literature"<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Ruth Park]] , for "service to literature"<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Rica Erickson]] , for "service to the arts, particularly as an author and illustrator<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

<!--== Births ==
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1987 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.-->
== Deaths ==
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, [[Alphabetical order|ordered alphabetically]] by [[surname]]) of deaths in 1987 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

* 3 March — [[Cyril Pearl]], Australian journalist, editor, author, social historian, wit and television personality (born 1904)
* 18 April — [[Kenneth Cook]], Australian journalist, television documentary maker and novelist (born 1929)
* 8 May — [[Marjorie Barnard]], Australia novelist and short story writer, critic, historian and librarian (born 1897)
* 24 May — [[R. D. Fitzgerald]], poet (born 1902)
* 3 July — [[Grace Perry]], poet, playwright, and founder and editor of the South Head Press (born 1927)
* 17 December — [[Lucy Walker (writer)]], romance novelist (born 1907)

== See also ==

* [[1987 in literature]]
* [[1987 in poetry]]
* [[List of years in literature]]
* [[List of years in Australian literature]]

==References==


[[Category:1987 in Australia]]
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian literature by year]]
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in literature]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian literature]]

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