1937 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1937.
Books
- Martin Boyd – The Picnic
- Eleanor Dark – Sun Across the Sky
- M. Barnard Eldershaw – Plaque with Laurel
- Arthur Gask – Night of the Storm
- Ion Idriess – Forty Fathoms Deep
- Michael Innes – Hamlet, Revenge!
- Seaforth Mackenzie – The Young Desire It
- Leonard Mann – A Murder in Sydney
- Vance Palmer – Legend for Sanderson
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Intimate Strangers
- Helen Simpson – Under Capricorn
- F. J. Thwaites – Rock End
- Arthur Upfield
- * Mr. Jelly's Business
- * ''Winds of Evil''
Poetry
- Rosemary Dobson – Poems
- Nora Kelly – The Song-Maker and Other Verse
- Jack Lindsay – "On Guard for Spain"
- John Shaw Neilson – "I Spoke to the Violet"
Drama
Radio
Theatre
- Sumner Locke Elliott
- * The Cow Jumped Over the Moon
- * Glorious Noon
- Miles Franklin – No Family
- T. Inglis Moore – Best Australian One-Act Plays complied with William Moore
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – ''Women of Spain''
Awards and honours
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
| ALS Gold Medal | Seaforth Mackenzie | The Young Desire It | Jonathan Cape |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1937 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.- 19 February – Lee Harding, novelist
- 1 June – Colleen McCullough, novelist
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1937 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.- 15 March – Catherine Edith Macauley Martin, novelist
- 27 March – Ethel Castilla, journalist, poet and short story writer
- 9 April – Dorothy Frances McCrae, poet and short story writer