Patrick White

Patrick White was an Australian writer born in London on May 28, 1912. His full birth name was Patrick Victor Martindale White. White held multiple occupations, including novelist, playwright, poet, and screenwriter. He was educated at Cheltenham College and King's College, Cambridge. White primarily worked in the prose genre.

White was the recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature. He passed away in Sydney on September 30, 1990. He held citizenship in Australia and, throughout his career, was associated with the United Kingdom.