Patrick White (Author of Voss)

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Patrick White

Born

in Knightsbridge, London, England, The United Kingdom

May 28, 1912

Died

September 30, 1990

Website

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Influences

James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, George Moore ...more

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There is more than one author by this name on 欧宝娱乐. For the Canadian Poet Laureate see "Patrick^^^^^White".

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. Publishing his first two novels to critical acclaim in the UK, White then enlisted to serve in World War II, where he met his lifelong partner, the Greek Manoly Lascaris. The pair returned to Australia after the war.

Home again, White published a total of twelve novels, two short story collections, eight plays, as well as a There is more than one author by this name on 欧宝娱乐. For the Canadian Poet Laureate see "Patrick^^^^^White".

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. Publishing his first two novels to critical acclaim in the UK, White then enlisted to serve in World War II, where he met his lifelong partner, the Greek Manoly Lascaris. The pair returned to Australia after the war.

Home again, White published a total of twelve novels, two short story collections, eight plays, as well as a miscellany of non-fiction. His fiction freely employs shifting narrative vantages and the stream of consciousness technique. In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature."

From 1947 to 1964, White and Lascaris lived a retired life on the outer fringes of Sydney. However after their subsequent move to the inner suburb of Centennial Park, White experienced an increased passion for activism. He became known as an outspoken champion for the disadvantaged, for Indigenous rights, and for the teaching and promotion of art, in a culture he deemed often backward and conservative. In their personal life, White and Lascaris' home became a regular haunt for noted figures from all levels of society.

Although he achieved a great deal of critical applause, and was hailed as a national hero after his Nobel win, White retained a challenged relationship with the Australian public and ordinary readers. In his final decades the books sold well in paperback, but he retained a reputation as difficult, dense, and sometimes inscrutable.

Following White's death in 1990, his reputation was briefly buoyed by David Marr's well-received biography, although he disappeared off most university and school syllabuses, with his novels mostly out of print, by the end of the century. Interest in White's books was revived around 2012, the year of his centenary, with all now available again.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 12,732 ratings · 1,453 reviews · 67 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Voss 3.78 avg rating — 3,470 ratings — published 1957 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tree of Man 3.96 avg rating — 2,161 ratings — published 1955 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vivisector 4.05 avg rating — 1,129 ratings — published 1970 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White, David Malouf (Introduction) 4.01 avg rating — 969 ratings — published 1961 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fringe of Leaves 3.66 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 1976 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eye of the Storm 3.74 avg rating — 686 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twyborn Affair 3.96 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 1979 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aunt's Story 3.48 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1948 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Solid Mandala 3.99 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 1966 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“賰丕賳鬲賮賷兀爻毓丿丨丕賱丕鬲賴丕賵賴賷賲賳睾賱賯丞丕賱賶匕丕鬲賴丕亘兀賮賰丕乇賴丕貙賵賰丕賳賴匕丕賯賵丕賲氐賱丕亘鬲賴丕”
― Patrick White, 賮賵爻

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“賲賳丕賱賵丕囟丨兀賳丕賱氐丨丕乇賷鬲購賮囟賱兀賳鬲購賯丕賵賲丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賵兀賳鬲購胤賵乇爻胤賵乇賴”
― Patrick White, 賮賵爻

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“丕賱毓馗賲丕亍賷爻鬲孬賳賵賳賲賳丕賱賵丕噩亘丕鬲丕賱亘丿賷賴賷丞”
― Patrick White, 賮賵爻

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