Biographies: Patrick White - Writer

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Australian writer, born on May 28, 1912. He published his first books in 1935, and wrote a number of novels, short stories, and plays. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. He studied modern languages at Cambridge University. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, after which he returned to Australia to settle. He's known for The Eye of the Storm, and The Night, the Prowler. He died in Sydney on September 30, 1990.