Patrick White (
May 28,
1912 -
1990) was a
novelist and the first
Australian winner of the
Nobel Prize in literature. White was born in
London while his parents were on an extended
European tour. He was educated largely in
England (B.A.,
King's College,
Cambridge,
1935) and served in the R.A.F. during
World War II. He returned to Australia after the war and began to write seriously.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1974.