Christos Tsiolkas

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Christos Tsiolkas (b. 1965) is an Australian author.[1]

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[edit] Biography

He was born and grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Blackburn High School and the University of Melbourne where he completed an Arts Degree in 1987.[1] He edited the student newspaper Farrago in 1988.

Tsiolkas' first novel, Loaded (1995), was filmed as Head On (1998) by director Ana Kokkinos, starring Alex Dimitriades.[2] In 2006, his novel, Dead Europe, won The Age Book of the Year fiction award.

He is openly gay,[3] and a Richmond Football Club supporter.[4]

[edit] Books

  • Loaded (1995)
  • Jump Cuts (with Sasha Soldatow, 1996)
  • The Jesus Man (1999)
  • The Devil's Playground (2002)
  • Dead Europe (2005)

[edit] Theatre

  • Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, 1999)
  • Elektra AD (1999)
  • Viewing Blue Poles (2000)
  • Fever (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, 2002)
  • Dead Caucasians (2002)
  • Non Parlo di Salo (with Spiro Economopoulos, 2005)

[edit] Screenplays

  • Thug (with Spiro Economopoulos, 1998)
  • Saturn's Return (2000)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Agent Details www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ Head On at the National Film and Sound Archive colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ Watts, Richard (2005-07-03), “A fortunate son”, The Age, <http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/a-fortunate-son/2005/07/02/1119724847197.html>. Retrieved on 2007-08-19 
  4. ^ 1998 Telstra Adelaide Festival www.adelaidefestival.com.au. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

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