Patrick White
Patrick White was born in London on May 28th, 1912 and is the Novelist. At the age of 78, Patrick White biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Growth of writing career
After the war, when White had settled in Lascaris, his fame as a writer increased with his publication of The Aunt's Tale and The Tree of Man in the United States and shortly thereafter in the United Kingdom. The Tree of Man was sent to rave reviews in the United States, but in Australia, it had been panned. After his books were largely rejected in Australia (three of them being branded 'un-Australian' by critics), White was skeptical about whether to continue writing, but he decided to persevere, and his first novel, Voss, was the inaugural Miles Franklin Literary Award winner.
In 1961, White published Riders in the Chariot, a best-selling memoir and a prize winner, winning a second Miles Franklin Award. White and Lascaris decided to sell the Castle Hill house in 1963. A number of White's books from the 1960s depict the fictional town of Sarsaparilla, as illustrated in his book The Burnt Ones, and the play The Season at Sarsaparilla. Despite being well-known as one of the world's best writers, he remained a private person, avoiding opportunities for interviews and public appearances, though his circle of friends grew considerably.
White wrote The Vivisector, a revealing character portrait of an artist from 1968. Many people attributed to John Passmore (1904–84) and Sidney Nolan, White's associate, but White denied the links. Patrick White, an art collector who had been deeply impressed by his mentors Roy De Maistre and Francis Bacon, then and later said he wished he had been an artist. He had also become interested in supporting scores of young and less established artists, such as James Clifford, Erica McGilchrist, and Lawrence Daws by the mid-1960s. Louis Kahan's portrait of White was a winner of the 1962 Archibald Prize. In the 1970s, White became acquainted with Brett Whiteley, the young star of Australian painting. Whiteley, a heroin user, was deceitful and pushy about selling his paintings at the time, but his friendship came to an end.
White declined both the $10,000 Britannia Award and another Miles Franklin Award for his efforts, deciding not to accept any more awards for his work. Harry M. Miller had intended to do a screenplay for Voss, but no one came to it. He became a vocal critic of literary censorship and joined a number of other public figures in making a protest against Australia's decision to participate in the Vietnam War. His name had been used as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature before losing to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, but he wrote to a friend: The Nobel Prize in 1971. I hope I never hear it mentioned again. I certainly don't want it; the equipment behind it looks a bit soiled, although we thought that only Australian awards were eligible. In my case, winning the award would change my life considerably, and it would shame me to be held up to the world as an Australian writer when, aside from the tragic crash of blood, I think I am a cosmopolitan Londoner.
Nonetheless, White did accept the Nobel Prize "for an epic and psychological narrative art," which has opened a new continent to literature in 1973. A Scandinavian diplomat in Australia is believed to have lobbied his cause. Nolan was enlisted by White to enter the award on his behalf in Stockholm. As his publisher doubled the print run for The Eye of the Storm and gave him a bigger advance for his next book, it had an immediate effect on his career. White used the money from the competition to fund the Patrick White Award, which is given annually to established creative writers who have received little public notice. In recognition of his service, the House of Representatives invited him to be seated on the floor of the House of Representatives. White refused to comment that his personality could not possibly adapt to such a situation. Bert Hinkler, the first time such an invitation had been extended, was in 1928, to pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler.
White was named Australian of the Year in 1974, but his acceptance address prompted Australians to spend the day reflecting on the country's state. He was less enthusiastic about it on a personal level. "Something awful happened to me last week," Marshall Best wrote in a letter on January 27, 1974. On Australia Day, an association selects an Australian of the Year. They had to go through all the swimmers, tennis players, and yachtsmen this year.