- Patrick White Award
The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by
Patrick White . White used his 1973Nobel 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. Such writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.
Previous winners
*2007-
David Rowbotham
*2006 -Morris Lurie [http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/in-the-right-place-at-the-white-time/2006/11/10/1162661899433.html]
*2005 -Fay Zwicky [http://www.middlemiss.org/weblog/archives/matilda/2005/11/2005_patrick_wh.html]
*2004 -Nancy Phelan
*2003 -Janette Turner Hospital
*2002 - [http://www.perththeatre.com.au/artist.asp?id=106 TAG Hungerford]
*2001 -Geoff Page
*2000 -Thomas W. Shapcott
*1999 -Gerald Murnane
*1998 -Alma de Groen
*1997 –Vivian Smith
*1996 – Elizabeth Harrower
*1995 –Elizabeth Riddell
*1994 –Dimitris Tsaloumas
*1993 –Amy Witting
*1992 – Peter Cowan
*1991 – David Martin
*1990 – Robert Gray
*1989 –Thea Astley
*1988 – Roland Robinson
*1987 –William Hart-Smith
*1986 – John Morrison
*1985 –Judah Waten
*1984 –Rosemary Dobson
*1983 –Marjorie Barnard
*1982 –Bruce Beaver
*1981 –Dal Stivens
*1980 –Bruce Dawe
*1979 –Randolph Stow
*1978 –Gwen Harwood
*1977 –Sumner Locke Elliott
*1976 –John Blight
*1975 – David Campbell
*1974 –Christina Stead
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