1992 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1992.
Events
- Tim Winton won the Miles Franklin Award for ''Cloudstreet''
Major publications
Novels
- Thea Astley β Vanishing Points
- Brian Castro β After China
- Helen Garner β Cosmo Cosmolino
- Peter Goldsworthy β Honk If You Are Jesus
- Marion Halligan β Lovers' Knots
- Janette Turner Hospital β The Last Magician
- Thomas Keneally β Woman of the Inner Sea
- Roger McDonald β Shearers' Motel
- Andrew McGahan β Praise
- Alex Miller β ''The Ancestor Game''
Children's and young adult fiction
- Pamela Allen β Belinda
- Brian Caswell β A Cage of Butterflies
- Garry Disher β The Bamboo Flute
- Anna Fienberg β Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life
- Joanne Horniman β Sand Monkeys
- Victor Kelleher β Del-Del
- Melina Marchetta β ''Looking for Alibrandi''
Crime and mystery
- Peter Corris
- * Beware of the Dog
- * Browning, P.I.
- * The Japanese Job
- * Set Up
- Marele Day β The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado
- Garry Disher β Paydirt
- Kerry Greenwood β Death at Victoria Dock
- Gabrielle Lord β Whipping Boy
- Jan McKemmish β ''Only Lawyers Dancing''
Science fiction and fantasy
- Terry Dowling β Blue Tyson
- Greg Egan
- * "The Hundred Light-Year Diary"
- * Quarantine
- Sean McMullen β ''Call to the Edge''
Poetry
- Beatriz Copello β Women, Souls And Shadows
- Robert Harris β Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems
- A. D. Hope β Selected Poems
- Jill Jones β The Mask and the Jagged Star
- Les Murray β Translations from the Natural World
- Elizabeth Riddell β Selected Poems
- John Tranter β ''The Floor of Heaven''
Drama
Non-fiction
- Robert Adamson β Wards of the State
- Stephanie Dowrick β Intimacy and Solitude
- Sara Henderson β From Strength to Strength: An Autobiography
- A. D. Hope β Chance Encounters
- Ruth Park β A Fence Around the Cuckoo
- Donna Williams β ''Nobody Nowhere''
Awards and honours
- Thea Astley for "service to Australian literature"
- Jack Pollard for "service to sport and sporting history"
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Vincent Buckley | Last Poems | McPhee Gribble |
| Anne Elder Award | Nicolette Stasko | Abundance | Angus & Robertson |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Kevin Hart | Peniel | Golvan Arts |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Gary Catalano | The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems : 1983-1989 | University of Queensland Press |
| Mary Gilmore Award | Alison Croggon | This is the Stone | Penguin |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Elizabeth Riddell | Selected Poems | Angus & Robertson |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Robert Harris | Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems | Paper Bark Press |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | FilmScript | Marc Rosenberg | Dingo |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Play | Louis Nowra | Cosi |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Drama | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Proof |
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1992 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.- 28 January β Dora Birtles, novelist, short-story writer, poet and travel writer
- 8 February β Roland Robinson, poet, writer and collector of Australian Aboriginal myths
- 24 May β Beatrice Davis, Australia's first full-time book editor
- 19 June β Jas H. Duke, performance poet
- 22 October β Peter Pinney, novelist and travel writer
- 6 December β Mary Finnin, artist, art teacher and poet
- 21 December β Paul White, missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author of the Jungle Doctor Series