Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1944
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1944.
Events
The
Ern Malley literary hoax is conceived when Angry Penguins editor
Max Harris publishes the poems of the fictitious poet Ern Malley in the Autumn 1944 edition of his magazine. The poems had been concocted in 1943 by Australian writers
James McAuley and
Harold Stewart.
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1944 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated,
ordered alphabetically by
surname) of deaths in 1944 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
11 April — James Picot, poet and critic (born
1906)[5]