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Patrick White | British Novelist and Playwright -- illiterate World

Patrick White White, c. 1940s Born: Patrick Victor Martindale White   28 May 1912   Knightsbridge, London, UK   Died: 30 September 1990 (aged 78)   Sydney, Australia   Language: English   Nationality: Australian   Alma mater: King's College, Cambridge   Period: 1935–1987   Notable works: Selected works   Notable awards:   - Miles Franklin Award (1957, 1961)   - ALS Gold Medal (1941, 1955, 1965)   - Australian of the Year (1973)   - Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)   Partner: Manoly Lascaris (1941–2003)   Military Career: - Allegiance: United Kingdom - Service/branch: Royal Air Force - Years of service: 1940–1945 - Battles/wars: World War II 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 humor, florid prose, shifting narrative vantage points, and stream of consciousness techniques. In 1973, he was awarded the N

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