Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1985) Winner
Judah Leon Waten
ジュダ・レオン・ワーテン
Juda Reon Wāten
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1911-07-29 （Odessa）
- Died
- 1985-07-29 （Heidelberg, Melbourne） age 74
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Odessa, Russian Empire → Palestine (briefly) → Western Australia, Midland Junction, Perth → Melbourne
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 1952-1985
- Affiliations
- Communist Party of Australia, Socialist Party of Australia
- Memberships
- Realist Writers Group, International PEN, Fellowship of Australian Writers, Literature Board of the Australia Council
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers' College, Perth | — | High school | — | 幼少期 | Australia |
| University High School, Melbourne | — | High school | — | 1926年以降 | Australia |
Christian Brothers' College, Perth
High school
Period:
幼少期
Country:
Australia
Attended while in Perth
University High School, Melbourne
High school
Period:
1926年以降
Country:
Australia
Attended after moving to Melbourne
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Member of the Order of Australia (AM) | — | — | Government of Australia | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Patrick White Award | — | — | Patrick White Literary Award | 受賞 (死後) |
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
1979
Organization:
Government of Australia
Result:
受賞
Patrick White Award
1985
Organization:
Patrick White Literary Award
Result:
受賞 (死後)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Alien Son
1952 Autobiographical novelAutobiographical novel about growing up as a migrant's son in Australia.
Migrant experienceAustralian societyJewish culture
Distant Land
1964 NovelStory of a Yiddish-speaking Polish Jewish couple struggling to preserve their culture in a strange land.
Migrant hardshipCultural preservationJewish identity
Bibliography
- Alien Son (1952)
- The Unbending (1954)
- Shares in Murder (1957)
- Time of Conflict (1961)
- Distant Land (1964)
- Season of Youth (1966)
- So Far No Further (1971)
- Scenes of Revolutionary Life (1982)
- The Depression Years, 1929-1939 (1971)
- From Odessa to Odessa: The Journey of an Australian Writer (1969)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realism
- Recurring Motifs
- Migrant lifePolitical activismGreat Depression
Legacy
Australian novelist seen as the voice of Australian migrant writing.
Archives
- National Library of Australia (NLA MS 4536)
Trivia
- Died on his birthday.
- Wife was of Scottish descent.