This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1934.
Books
Martin Boyd – Scandal of Spring Eleanor Dark – Prelude to Christopher Velia Ercole – Dark Windows Arthur Gask The Hidden Door The Judgement of Larose G. B. Lancaster – The World is Yours Vance Palmer – The Swayne Family Alice Grant Rosman – Somebody Must Steele Rudd – Grey Green Homestead Christina Stead – Seven Poor Men of Sydney F. J. Thwaites Broken Wings Where Gods Are Vain E. V. Timms – Conflict
Short stories
Ion Idriess – The Yellow Joss Vance Palmer – Sea and Spinifex Henry Handel Richardson – The End of Childhood and Other Stories Christina Stead – The Salzburg Tales
Children's
Ruth Bedford – Hundreds and Thousands P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins Alan J. Villiers – Whalers of the Midnight Sun Dorothy Wall Blinky Bill Grows Up The Tale of Bridget and the Bees
Poetry
Emily Coungeau – Fern Leaves: Poems and Verse Rudyard Kipling – "Ode : Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance, 1934" Will Lawson – "The Bunyip" Furnley Maurice – Melbourne Odes John Shaw Neilson – Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (edited by R. H. Croll) Patrick White – "The Ploughman"
Drama Varney Monk – The Cedar Tree
Awards and honours
Literary
Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal"Best Novel of 1934" The Argus, 22 October 1935, p6 Eleanor Dark Prelude to Christopher P.R. Stephensen
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1934 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
17 February – Barry Humphries, comedian, author, actor and satirist (died 2023) 20 March – David Malouf, novelist and poet (died 2026) 6 May – Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet (died 2025) 20 June – Margaret Scott, poet and novelist (born in Bristol, England)(died 2005) 30 June – Rod Milgate, playwright and painter (died 2014) 5 August – James McQueen, novelist (died 1998) 17 August – Inga Clendinnen, academic and author (died 2016)
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1934 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
22 December – Grace Ethel Martyr, poet (born 1888)
See also 1934 in Australia 1934 in literature 1934 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
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