The S.H. Prior Memorial Prize was an Australian literary award for a work of fiction. It was established in 1934 by H. K. Prior in recognition of his late father,
Samuel Henry Prior, who was editor of ''
The Bulletin''. It was open to Australian residents or persons born in Australia, New Zealand or the South Pacific islands.
Award winners:
* 1935:
Kylie Tennant
Kathleen Kylie Tennant AO (; 12 March 1912 – 28 February 1988) was an Australian novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer, and historian.
Early life and career
Tennant was born in Manly, New South Wales; she was educat ...
– ''Tiburon''
* 1936:
Miles Franklin
Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 187919 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel ''My Brilliant Career'', published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While s ...
– ''
All That Swagger''
*1937-1938: Not awarded
*1939: Miles Franklin and
Kate Baker
Catherine Baker (1861–1953) was an Irish-born Australian teacher best known for championing the work of her friend Joseph Furphy, whose novel ''Such Is Life (novel), Such Is Life'' had received an indifferent reception upon its initial pu ...
– ''Who Was Joseph Furphy?''
*1940:
Eve Langley
Eve Langley (1 September 1904 – c. 1 June 1974), born Ethel Jane Langley, was an Australian-New Zealand novelist and poet. Her novels belong to a tradition of Australian women's writing that explores the conflict between being an artist and be ...
– ''
The Pea Pickers'';
M. H. Ellis – ''Lachlan Macquarie''; Kylie Tennant – ''
The Battlers
''The Battlers'' is a 1994 Australian mini series about two drifters during the Great Depression, based on the novel of the same name by Kylie Tennant.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p176
Ca ...
''
*1941: Not awarded
*1942: Gavin S. Casey – ''It's Harder for Girls''
*1943-1944: Not awarded
*1945:
Douglas Stewart Douglas Stewart may refer to:
*Douglas Stewart (poet) (1913–1985), Australian poet
* Edward Askew Sothern (1826–1881), English actor who was sometimes known as Douglas Stewart
* Douglas Stewart (equestrian) (1913–1991), British Olympic equestr ...
– ''
The Fire on the Snow
''The Fire on the Snow'' is a 1941 Australian verse play by Douglas Stewart about the Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica by Robert Falcon Scott. It premiered on ABC radio on 6 June 1941 to great acclaim and inspired a series of Australian verse ...
''
*1946: Brian James – ''Cookabundy Bridge''
References
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Australian literary awards
1934 establishments in Australia