White award calms angry poet

Monday, 12 November 2007 Books+Publishing

Poet David Rowbotham has been named as the recipient of this year's Patrick White award.The award, worth $25,000, was established by Patrick White in 1974 to honour writers who ‘had not received due recognition.'Rowbotham published his first book of poetry in 1954 and worked variously in publishing and journalism, including...