Judah Waten

Senarist · 74 yaşında vefat etti · Odessa, Kherson governorate, Russian Empire

Judah Leon Waten AM was an Australian novelist who was at one time seen as the voice of Australian migrant writing. Born in Odessa, Russian Empire to a Russian-Jewish family, Judah Waten arrived in Western Australia in 1914. He attended Christian Brothers' College, Perth and, moving to Melbourne in 1926, University High School, Melbourne. He joined the Communist Party of Australia while still at school.