1937 in Australian literature explained

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^[1]
• M. Barnard Eldershaw – Plaque with Laurel^[2]
• Arthur Gask – Night of the Storm^[3]
• Ion Idriess – Forty Fathoms Deep
• Michael Innes – Hamlet, Revenge!^[4]
• Seaforth Mackenzie – The Young Desire It
• Leonard Mann – A Murder in Sydney^[5]
• Vance Palmer – Legend for Sanderson^[6]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – Intimate Strangers^[7]
• Helen Simpson – Under Capricorn
• F. J. Thwaites – Rock End
• Arthur Upfield
  • Mr. Jelly's Business
  • Winds of Evil

Poetry

See main article: 1937 in poetry.

• Rosemary Dobson – Poems^[8]
• Nora Kelly – The Song-Maker and Other Verse^[9]
• Jack Lindsay – "On Guard for Spain"^[10]
• John Shaw Neilson – "I Spoke to the Violet"^[11]

Drama

• Sumner Locke Elliott
  • The Cow Jumped Over the Moon^[12]
  • Glorious Noon^[13]
• Miles Franklin – No Family^[14]
• T. Inglis Moore – Best Australian One-Act Plays complied with William Moore^[15]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – Women of Spain^[16]

Awards and honours

Literary

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) 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 (died 2023)^[18]
• 1 June – Colleen McCullough, novelist (died 2015)^[19]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) 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 (born 1848)^[20]
• 27 March – Ethel Castilla, journalist, poet and short story writer (born 1861)^[21]

See also

• 1937 in Australia
• 1937 in literature
• 1937 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sun Across the Sky by Eleanor Dark. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
2. Web site: Plaque with Laurel by M. Barnard Eldershaw. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
3. Web site: Night of the Storm by Arthur Gask. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
4. Web site: Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
5. Web site: A Murder in Sydney by Leonard Mann. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
6. Web site: Legend for Sanderson by Vance Palmer. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
7. Web site: Intimate Strangers by . National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
8. Web site: Poems by Rosemary Dobson. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
9. Web site: The Song-Maker and Other Verse by Nora McAuliffe. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
10. Web site: Austlit — "On Guard for Spain" by Jack Lindsay . Austlit. 29 May 2024.
11. Web site: Austlit — "I Spoke to the Violet" by John Shaw Neilson. Austlit. 29 May 2024.
12. Web site: Austlit — The Cow Jumped Over the Moon by Sumner Locke Elliott. Austlit. 29 May 2024.
13. Web site: Austlit — Glorious Noon by Sumner Locke Elliott. Austlit. 29 May 2024.
14. Web site: Austlit — No Family by Miles Franklin. Austlit. 29 May 2024.
15. Web site: Best Australian One-Act Plays edited by T. Inglis Moore and William Moore. National Library of Australia. 29 May 2024.
16. Web site: Austlit — Women of Spain by Katharine Susannah Prichard. Austlit. 29 May 2024.
17. Web site: ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 29 May 2024.
18. Web site: Lee Harding (1937-2023). Austlit. 19 June 2023.
19. Web site: Colleen McCullough (1937-2015). Austlit. 19 June 2023.
20. Web site: Catherine Martin (1884-1937). Austlit. 19 June 2023.
21. Web site: Ethel Castilla (1861-1937). Austlit. 19 June 2023.