White, Patrick
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 28 May 1912 at 11:00 (= 11:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | London, England, 51n30, 0w10 | ||
| Timezone | GMT h0w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   06°43'   07°18 Asc. 02°12'
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Biography
Australian noted family member born and educated in London. He tried life as a jackeroo in various NSW stations before returning to England for a degree in modern languages at Cambridge. During WW II, White served as an intelligence officer with the RAF and while based in Egypt, met his lifetime partner, Manoly Lascaris. Settled in Sydney and Melbourne, he wrote "Happy Valley," 1939 and more, up to "The Eye of the Storm," which won the Nobel Prize for Literature on 10/19/1973. On 6/18/1976, he handed back his Order of Australia in protest against the reintroduction of knighthoods and the continuation of Sir John Kerr as G-G. He died on 9/30/1990.
Events
- Work : Prize 19 October 1973 (Nobel Prize for literature)
- Work : Prize 18 June 1976 (Refused the Order of Australia award)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1939 (Released book)
- Death, Cause unspecified 30 September 1990 (Age 78)
Source Notes
Dennis Sutton quotes Susan Alexander from White, given in Sutton's 50 Australian charts, published 1996
Categories
- Notable : Awards : Nobel prize (Literature)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (Intelligence Officer)
- Vocation : Military : Combat (WW II)
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Refused the Order of Australia award)
- Family : Relationship : Cohabitation more than 3 yrs (Manoly Lascaris)
