Patrick White: Selected Writings

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University of Queensland Press, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 304 pages
Patrick White is presented here as a writer passionately involved in the social and political events of his time. A thoughtful selection of fiction, poetry, theatre pieces, speeches, letters, essays, interviews and autobiographical writing.

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The Burnt Ones 1964
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About the author (1994)

Patrick White was born on May 28, 1912 in Knightsbridge, London, to Australian parents. He studied modern languages at King's College, Cambridge. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force. His first novel, Happy Valley, was published in 1939. His other works include The Tree of Man, Voss, Riders in the Chariot, The Solid Mandala, The Twyborn Affair, and The Hanging Garden. He also wrote several plays including The Season at Sarsaparilla, Night on Bald Mountain, and Signal Driver. They never met with the success his fiction had and have not been produced outside Australia. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. He died on September 30, 1990.

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