Patrick White
From QueerBio.com
Country
Australia
Birth - Death
1912 - 1990
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Nobel Prize
Description
Only Australian Nobel prize winner for literature (1973). Australian of the Year, 1974. Life long partner with Manoly Lascaris. Multiple awards. Notable works include `Riders in the Chariot` (1961) and `The Eye of the Storm`(1973). In 1981, published his autobiography, 'Flaws in the Glass: a self-portrait` which explored issues about which he had publicly said little, such as his homosexuality.
