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] and in 2012 it was $23,000.[3] In 2020 the winner received $15,000.[4] Writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.
Winners
[edit]- 2024 Pi O[5]
- 2023 Alex Skovron[6]
- 2022 Antigone Kefala[7]
- 2021 Adam Aitken[8]
- 2020 Gregory Day[9]
- 2019 Jordie Albiston[10]
- 2018 Samuel Wagan Watson[11]
- 2017 Tony Birch[12]
- 2016 Carmel Bird[13]
- 2015 Joan London[14]
- 2014 Brian Castro[15]
- 2013 Louis Nowra[16]
- 2012 Amanda Lohrey[3]
- 2011 Robert Adamson[17]
- 2010 David Foster[2]
- 2009 Beverley Farmer[18]
- 2008 John Romeril[19]
- 2007 David Rowbotham[19]
- 2006 Morris Lurie[20]
- 2005 Fay Zwicky[21]
- 2004 Nancy Phelan[19]
- 2003 Janette Turner Hospital[19]
- 2002 Tom Hungerford[19]
- 2001 Geoff Page[19]
- 2000 Thomas Shapcott[19]
- 1999 Gerald Murnane[19]
- 1998 Alma De Groen[19]
- 1997 Vivian Smith[19]
- 1996 Elizabeth Harrower[19]
- 1995 Elizabeth Riddell[19]
- 1994 Dimitris Tsaloumas[19]
- 1993 Amy Witting[19]
- 1992 Peter Cowan[19]
- 1991 David Martin[19]
- 1990 Robert Gray[19]
- 1989 Thea Astley[19]
- 1988 Roland Robinson[19]
- 1987 William Hart-Smith[19]
- 1986 John Morrison[19]
- 1985 Judah Waten (posthumous)[19]
- 1984 Rosemary Dobson[19]
- 1983 Marjorie Barnard[19]
- 1982 Bruce Beaver[19]
- 1981 Dal Stivens[19]
- 1980 Bruce Dawe[19]
- 1979 Randolph Stow[19]
- 1978 Gwen Harwood[19]
- 1977 Sumner Locke Elliott[19]
- 1976 John Blight[19]
- 1975 David Campbell[19]
- 1974 Christina Stead[19]
References
[edit]- ^ Carter, David. "Patrick White to the rescue", ABR, no. 347, December 2012-January 2013 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Literary postman delivers again, winning mentor's bequest". SMH.com.au. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b Susan Wyndham (16 November 2012). "Religion shapes winner's prose". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Steger, Jason (29 November 2020). "Patrick White makes a writer's Day, again". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Mem: 7525192. "Pi-O wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 25 October 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Skovron wins 2023 Patrick White Award". Books+Publishing. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Award". Books+Publishing. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Aitken wins 2021 Patrick White Award". Books+Publishing. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Day wins Patrick White Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Albiston wins 2019 Patrick White Award". Books+Publishing. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Samuel Wagan Watson wins 2018 Patrick White Literary Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Steger, Jason (2017). "Tony Birch wins Patrick White Award". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Jason Steger (17 October 2016). "Carmel Bird wins the $20,000 Patrick White Award". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ ""London wins 2015 Patrick White Literary Award"". Books+Publishing, 29 October 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ Susan Wyndham (7 November 2014). "Louis Nowra wins $23,000 Patrick White Literary Award". The Age. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ Susan Wyndham (9 November 2013). "Louis Nowra wins $23,000 Patrick White Literary Award". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Former inmate wins $18,000 poetry prize". canberratimes.com.au. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Farmer wins literary award". Theage.com.au. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "In the right place at the White time, for $25,000". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Writers' solitary life interrupted by award". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.