Novelist Patrick White

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Novelist

Patrick White

Living place: London

Birthday: 28-5-1912

Global rank: #52397

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Who is Novelist Patrick White?
Novelist of the twentieth century who became Australia's first literary Nobel laureate in 1973. His most famous works include Happy Valley (1939), The Living and the Dead (1941), and The Eye. of the Storm (1973), and Voss (1957).
His last book, The Hanging Garden, was published posthumously.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He wrote his first play at the age of ten, while attending the Tudor House boarding school. He then studied at King's College, Cambridge University.

Family life info

He was born in London to an English mother and an Australian-British father. He was in a committed relationship with partner Manoly lascaris at the time of his death.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Patrick White?
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature six years before Isaac Bashevis Singer received the same honor.

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When was Novelist Patrick White born?
Patrick White was born in 28-5-1912, death year is , at the age of 112.
Where is Novelist Patrick White's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Patrick White was born in London, of England. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Patrick White's global rank is 52397 and whose rank is 421 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1912 and 28-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Patrick White

  • The "unsinkable" oceanliner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg; over 1,500 drown (April 15).
  • Balkan Wars begin, resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey defeated by alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro (Oct.).

Birthday Patrick White (28-5) in history

  • Day 28-5 year 1863: Robert Gould Shaw, leading the first northern all-black regiment, leaves Boston for the Civil War.
  • Day 28-5 year 1929: The first all-color, full-length talking picture, On With the Show!, debuted.
  • Day 28-5 year 1934: The Dionne quintuplets were born in Ontario, Canada.
  • Day 28-5 year 1957: Baseball owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. Many New Yorkers still haven’t recovered. See other baseball city and nickname changes.
  • Day 28-5 year 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow’s Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.
  • Day 28-5 year 1997: Linda Finch completed Amelia Earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
  • Day 28-5 year 1998: Pakistan staged nuclear tests in response to India's nuclear tests two weeks earlier.
  • Day 28-5 year 2003: Pres. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law; the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.
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