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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