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Patrick White was an Australian novelist and short story writer. He published three short story collections, "The Living and the Dead" in 1938, "The Burnt Ones" in 1964, and "The Cockatoos" in 1974. His short stories are often set in rural Australia and deal with themes of death, isolation, and the search for meaning in life. White's short stories are considered to be some of the best in Australian literature.