Writing · Novel
Born Jul 29, 1911 · Odessa, Kherson governorate, Russian Empire
Active 1964–1985 · Awards: Order of Australia, Member of the Order of Australia
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.