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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. White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative vantage points and stream of consciousness techniques.
Apr 15, 2024 · Patrick White. In full: Patrick Victor Martindale White. Born: May 28, 1912, London, England. Died: September 30, 1990, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (aged 78) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize. Notable Works: “Flaws in the Glass” “Happy Valley”
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973 was awarded to Patrick White "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"
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An essay by Madeleine Watts on the life and works of Patrick White, the only Australian Nobel Laureate in Literature. She explores why White is not widely read or appreciated in his own country, and how his novels reflect his complex relationship with Australia.
Aug 29, 2001 · Patrick White – Existential explorer. by Karin Hansson* Nobel Prize. When Patrick White was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973, the Swedish Academy’s commendation referred to the author’s epic and psychological narrative art as having introduced a new continent into literature.
May 28, 2012 · Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian author widely regarded as one of the major English-language novelists of the 20th century, and winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in England while his Australian parents were visiting family, White grew up in Sydney before studying at Cambridge.
The Australian Patrick White has been awarded the 1973 Nobel Literature Prize “for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature”, as it says in the Swedish Academy’s citation.
