Patrick White

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Patrick White

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.