Top 50 des grands auteurs australiens
| # | Auteur | Livre phare | Distinctions | Style / Thèmes |
| 1 | Patrick White | Voss | Prix Nobel de littérature (1973) | Roman moderniste, identité australienne |
| 2 | Tim Winton | Cloudstreet | Miles Franklin Award | Famille, paysages, spiritualité |
| 3 | Peter Carey | Oscar and Lucinda | Booker Prize | Histoire, colonialisme, imagination |
| 4 | Thomas Keneally | Schindler’s Ark | Booker Prize | Histoire, mémoire, humanisme |
| 5 | David Malouf | Remembering Babylon | International IMPAC Dublin Award | Identité, exil, poésie narrative |
| 6 | Alexis Wright | Carpentaria | Miles Franklin Award | Voix autochtone, mythes, politique |
| 7 | Kim Scott | Benang | Miles Franklin Award | Identité aborigène, mémoire |
| 8 | Helen Garner | Monkey Grip | Prix littéraires australiens | Réalisme, relations humaines |
| 9 | Kate Grenville | The Secret River | Commonwealth Writers’ Prize | Colonisation, mémoire historique |
| 10 | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Booker Prize | Guerre, mémoire, humanité |
| 11 | Geraldine Brooks | March | Pulitzer Prize | Fiction historique |
| 12 | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Commonwealth Writers’ Prize | Société contemporaine, multiculturalisme |
| 13 | Peter Temple | The Broken Shore | Miles Franklin Award | Polar, corruption, justice |
| 14 | Murray Bail | Eucalyptus | Commonwealth Writers’ Prize | Nature, identité |
| 15 | Shirley Hazzard | The Transit of Venus | National Book Critics Circle Award | Amour, destin |
| 16 | Ruth Park | The Harp in the South | Prix littéraires australiens | Vie urbaine, pauvreté |
| 17 | Colleen McCullough | The Thorn Birds | Bestseller mondial | Saga familiale |
| 18 | Bryce Courtenay | The Power of One | Bestseller | Résilience, apartheid |
| 19 | Gillian Mears | Foal’s Bread | Prix littéraires | Ruralité, tragédie |
| 20 | Andrew McGahan | The White Earth | Miles Franklin Award | Histoire, héritage |
| 21 | Rodney Hall | Just Relations | Miles Franklin Award | Expérimentation narrative |
| 22 | Jessica Anderson | Tirra Lirra by the River | Miles Franklin Award | Mémoire, identité féminine |
| 23 | Joan Lindsay | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Classique australien | Mystère, nature |
| 24 | Eleanor Dark | The Timeless Land | Classique | Colonisation, histoire |
| 25 | Henry Lawson | While the Billy Boils | Classique | Bush poetry, vie rurale |
| 26 | Banjo Paterson | The Man from Snowy River | Classique | Poésie, identité nationale |
| 27 | Miles Franklin | My Brilliant Career | Classique | Féminisme, indépendance |
| 28 | Xavier Herbert | Poor Fellow My Country | Miles Franklin Award | Roman monumental |
| 29 | Randolph Stow | The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea | Prix littéraires | Mémoire, enfance |
| 30 | Dorothy Hewett | The Chapel Perilous | Théâtre | Féminisme, contestation |
| 31 | Beverley Farmer | The House in the Light | Prix littéraires | Intimité, écriture poétique |
| 32 | Melissa Lucashenko | Too Much Lip | Miles Franklin Award | Voix autochtone |
| 33 | Tara June Winch | The Yield | Miles Franklin Award | Langue, mémoire aborigène |
| 34 | Steven Carroll | The Time We Have Taken | Miles Franklin Award | Vie urbaine, mémoire |
| 35 | Amanda Lohrey | The Labyrinth | Miles Franklin Award | Spiritualité, art |
| 36 | Sofie Laguna | The Eye of the Sheep | Miles Franklin Award | Famille, enfance |
| 37 | Anna Funder | Stasiland | Prix Samuel Johnson | Non-fiction, mémoire |
| 38 | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | Prix littéraires | Justice, société |
| 39 | Nam Le | The Boat | Prix littéraires | Diaspora, migration |
| 40 | Christobel Mattingley | No Guns for Asmir | Littérature jeunesse | Guerre, enfance |
| 41 | Jackie French | Hitler’s Daughter | Prix jeunesse | Histoire, mémoire |
| 42 | Markus Zusak | The Book Thief | Bestseller mondial | Guerre, narration |
| 43 | Shaun Tan | The Arrival | Prix internationaux | Album graphique, migration |
| 44 | Mem Fox | Possum Magic | Littérature jeunesse | Culture australienne |
| 45 | Morris Gleitzman | Once | Littérature jeunesse | Guerre, enfance |
| 46 | John Marsden | Tomorrow, When the War Began | Bestseller jeunesse | Résistance, adolescence |
| 47 | Alison Lester | Are We There Yet? | Prix jeunesse | Voyage, famille |
| 48 | Jeannie Baker | Window | Album illustré | Environnement |
| 49 | Graeme Simsion | The Rosie Project | Bestseller | Comédie romantique |
| 50 | Liane Moriarty | Big Little Lies | Bestseller, HBO adaptation | Thriller psychologique |
*(Sources : Australia Unwrapped, Reading Curator, Hunter & Bligh)
Français :
L’Australie en 50 auteurs révèle une littérature foisonnante, enracinée dans les paysages du bush et les mémoires coloniales, mais ouverte aux voix autochtones, aux récits diasporiques et aux expérimentations contemporaines. Ce classement illustre un pays où l’écriture devient un miroir de la diversité culturelle et des tensions historiques.
English:
Australia in 50 authors showcases a vibrant literature, rooted in the bush landscapes and colonial memories, yet open to Indigenous voices, diasporic narratives, and contemporary experimentation. This ranking illustrates a nation where writing becomes a mirror of cultural diversity and historical tensions.
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