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Patrick White
English-born Australian writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Patrick White, see Patrick White (disambiguation).
Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was a British-born Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections, and eight plays, from 1935 to 1987.
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Born | Patrick Victor Martindale White (1912-05-28)28 May 1912 Knightsbridge, London, UK |
Died | 30 September 1990(1990-09-30) (aged 78) Sydney, Australia |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Period | 1935–1987 |
Notable works | Selected works |
Notable awards | |
Partner | Manoly Lascaris (1941–2003) |
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Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative vantage points and stream of consciousness techniques. In 1973 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature,[1] "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature", as it says in the Swedish Academy's citation,[2] the only Australian to have been awarded the prize.[note 1] White was also the inaugural recipient of the Miles Franklin Award.