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Christos Tsiolkas

Australian author

Christos Tsiolkas is an Australian author, playwright, and screenwriter.

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Christos Tsiolkas is an Australian author, playwright, and screenwriter. He is especially known for The Slap, which was both well-received critically and highly successful commercially. Several of his books have been adapted for film and television.

He is especially known for The Slap, which was both well-received critically and highly successful commercially. Several of his books have been adapted for film and television.

Early life

Tsiolkas was born and raised in Melbourne with his Greek immigrant parents,[1] and was educated at Blackburn High School.

Tsiolkas completed his Arts Degree at the University of Melbourne in [2]

He edited the student newspaper Farrago in [citation needed]

Career

Tsiolkas' first novel, Loaded (), about an alienated gay youth in Melbourne, was adapted as the feature film Head On () by director Ana Kokkinos, starring Alex Dimitriades.[3]

His fourth novel, The Slap, was published in , and won several awards[4][5] as well as being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

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    • It was also highly successful commercially; it was the fourth-highest selling book by an Australian author in [6]

    Awards

    • AWGIE Award for Stage, for Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? (with Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, and Melissa Reeves)[7]
    • The Age Fiction Book of the Year[7]
    • ABIA Book of the Year.[6]
    • ALS Gold Medal, for The Slap[6]
    • Commonwealth Writers Prize, overall winner for best book, for The Slap[4]
    • Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award, for The Slap[5][6]
    • Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, for The Slap[8]
    • Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, for Damascus ()[9]
    • Melbourne Prize for Literature[10]

    Personal life

    Tsiolkas is a Richmond Football Club supporter[11] and of Greek heritage.[12]

    Books

    • Loaded ()
    • Jump Cuts (with Sasha Soldatow, )
    • The Jesus Man ()
    • The Devil's Playground ()
    • Dead Europe ()
    • The Slap ()
    • Barracuda ()
    • Merciless Gods ()
    • Damascus ()
    • 7 1/2 ()
    • The In-Between ()

    Theatre

    • Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, )
    • Elektra AD ()
    • Viewing Blue Poles ()
    • Fever (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, )
    • Dead Caucasians ()
    • Non Parlo di Salo (with Spiro Economopoulos, )
    • The Hit (with Netta Yashin )
    • The Audition (with Melissa Reeves, Milad Norouzi, Patricia Cornelius, Sahra Davoudi, Tes Lyssiotis and Wahibe Moussa, produced by Outer Urban Projects, and )
    • Loaded (adapted from the book, with Dan Giovannoni, )

    Screenplays

    Film and TV adaptations

    • The play Who's Afraid of the Working Class? () was made into the film Blessed (), directed by Ana Kokkinos.[17]
    • Loaded was first published in and was adapted into the film Head On, starring Alex Dimitriades.

    References

    1. ^Tsiolkas, Christos (9 July ).

      "Christos Tsiolkas: My Greek grandma". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May

    2. ^Austlit. "Christos Tsiolkas". Austlit. Retrieved 7 July
    3. ^Head On at the National Film and Sound Archive Retrieved 22 July
    4. ^ ab" Overall Winners".

      Commonwealth Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 May Retrieved 27 May

    5. ^ ab"The Slap' wins booksellers' choice award".

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    8. Loaded christos tsiolkas biography family

      9. Boomerang Books. Archived from the original on 26 June Retrieved 27 May

    9. ^ abcdef"Christos Tsiolkas: The Utopian Vision By Jessica Gildersleeve".

      Cambria Press Official Website. Retrieved 27 May

    10. ^ ab"Chris Tsiolkas". Smart Artists. Archived from the original on 16 July Retrieved 27 May
    11. ^"Winners & Shortlist: Premier's Literary Awards". State Library of Victoria.

      Loaded christos tsiolkas biography wikipedia Loaded is the first novel by Greek-Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas. [1] It was first published in by Vintage Books, and focuses on Ari, a nineteen-year-old second generation Greek-Australian in Melbourne. [2] It follows a restless, unemployed Ari over twenty four hours as he spirals into drug use and casual sex.

      Archived from the original on 5 May Retrieved 27 May

    12. ^"Victorian Premier's Literary Awards ". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 4 March Retrieved 31 January
    13. ^Burke, Kelly (10 November ). "Christos Tsiolkas wins $60, Melbourne prize for literature".

      Loaded christos tsiolkas biography children: Loaded is the first novel by Greek-Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas. [1] It was first published in by Vintage Books, and focuses on Ari, a nineteen-year-old second generation Greek-Australian in Melbourne. [2] It follows a restless, unemployed Ari over twenty four hours as he spirals into drug use and casual sex.

      The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 November Retrieved 12 November

    14. ^ Telstra Adelaide FestivalArchived 13 April at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 July
    15. ^Watts, Richard (3 July ), "A fortunate son", The Age, retrieved 19 August
    16. ^Christos Tsiolkas: the utopian vision.

      Cambria Press. 8 January ISBN&#;.

      Christos tsiolkas the slap Christos Tsiolkas Biography Loaded Questions and Answers The Question and Answer section for Loaded is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

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    17. ^Saturn's Return at IMDb
    18. ^"Aaron Wilson: Chasing Little Tornadoes". FilmInk. 30 April Retrieved 27 May
    19. ^"Little Tornadoes trailer and release date sweeps in". Cinema Australia. 24 January Retrieved 27 May
    20. ^"Who's Afraid of the Working Class now Blessed film".

      BigPond Movies. Archived from the original on 15 September Retrieved 27 May

    21. ^Rigg, Julie (15 November ). "Dead Europe". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 27 May
    22. ^Neutze, Ben (5 July ).

      Loaded christos tsiolkas biography Tsiolkas' first novel, Loaded (), about an alienated gay youth in Melbourne, was adapted as the feature film Head On () by director Ana Kokkinos, starring Alex Dimitriades. [ 3 ] His fourth novel, The Slap, was published in , and won several awards [ 4 ] [ 5 ] as well as being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for.

      "Barracuda review (ABC TV): Christos Tsiolkas pulls sport and contemporary Australia into sharp focus". Daily Review. Retrieved 27 May

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