Patrick White Award

The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. White used his 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize.

The $25,000 cash award is given to a writer who has been highly creative over a long period but has not necessarily received adequate recognition. White stipulated that the award be announced the Friday after the Melbourne Cup to turn attention from sport to literature.[1] The 2010 award was reduced to $18,000 because of the economic slump,[2] in 2012 it was $23,000.[3] Writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.

Winners

References

  1. ↑ Carter, David. "Patrick White to the rescue", ABR, no. 347, December 2012-January 2013
  2. 1 2 "Literary postman delivers again, winning mentor's bequest ", Nov 13, 2010
  3. 1 2 Susan Wyndham (November 16, 2012). "Religion shapes winner's prose". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ 2015 Patrick White Literary Award announced, Australian Eye, October 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Patrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour, The Age, November 7, 2014
  6. ↑ "Louis Nowra wins $23,000 Patrick White Literary Award", Sydney Morning Herald, November 9, 2013
  7. ↑ Former inmate wins $18,000 poetry prize, The Canberra Times, 5 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Farmer wins literary award". Theage.com.au. 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  9. ↑ "The Age", 8 November 2008, p13
  10. ↑ Sorensen, Rosemary (2007-11-10). "White award soothes poet's anger". The Australian. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  11. ↑ "In the right place at the White time, for $25,000". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  12. ↑ "Writers' solitary life interrupted by award". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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