Christos Tsiolkas Explained

Christos Tsiolkas
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education:University of Melbourne
Occupation:Author, playwright, screenwriter

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.

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 1987.[2]

He edited the student newspaper Farrago in 1987.

Career

Tsiolkas' first novel, Loaded (1995), about an alienated gay youth in Melbourne, was adapted as the feature film Head On (1998) by director Ana Kokkinos, starring Alex Dimitriades.[3]

His fourth novel, The Slap, was published in 2008, and won several awards as well as being longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. It was also highly successful commercially; it was the fourth-highest selling book by an Australian author in 2009.[4]

Awards

Personal life

Tsiolkas is a Richmond Football Club supporter[11] and openly gay.

Books

Theatre

Screenplays

Film and TV adaptations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tsiolkas . Christos . Christos Tsiolkas: My Greek grandma . The Guardian . 9 July 2010 . 27 May 2022.
  2. Web site: Austlit. Christos Tsiolkas . 2020-07-07. Austlit. en.
  3. https://archive.today/20120708140107/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number:403814;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Head On at the National Film and Sound Archive
  4. Web site: Christos Tsiolkas: The Utopian Vision By Jessica Gildersleeve . Cambria Press Official Website . 27 May 2022.
  5. Web site: Chris Tsiolkas . Smart Artists . https://web.archive.org/web/20070716235405/http://www.smartartists.com.au/artists/chris-tsiolkas.php . 16 July 2007 . dead . 27 May 2022.
  6. Web site: 2009 Overall Winners . Commonwealth Foundation . 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527000610/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/writersprize/cwp/2009%20prize/2009overallwinners/ . 27 May 2009 . dead . 27 May 2022.
  7. Web site: The Slap' wins booksellers' choice award. Boomerang Books. 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090626112202/http://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/blog/the-slap-wins-booksellers-choice-award/2009/06 . 26 June 2009 . dead . 27 May 2022.
  8. Web site: Winners & Shortlist: 2009 Premier's Literary Awards. State Library of Victoria . https://web.archive.org/web/20100505060120/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_09.html . 5 May 2010 . dead . 27 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2020. The Wheeler Centre. en. 2020-01-31. 4 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200304000632/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2020. dead.
  10. Web site: Burke. Kelly. 2021-11-10. Christos Tsiolkas wins $60,000 Melbourne prize for literature. live. 2021-11-12. The Guardian. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110080725/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/10/christos-tsiolkas-wins-60000-melbourne-prize-for-literature . 10 November 2021 .
  11. http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/archives/1998/writers/to80.htm 1998 Telstra Adelaide Festival
  12. Book: Christos Tsiolkas: the utopian vision . USQ ePrints . 8 January 2018 . Cambria Press . 9781604979787 . 27 May 2022.
  13. Web site: Aaron Wilson: Chasing Little Tornadoes . FilmInk . 30 April 2022 . 27 May 2022.
  14. Web site: Little Tornadoes trailer and release date sweeps in . Cinema Australia . 24 January 2022 . 27 May 2022.
  15. Web site: Who's Afraid of the Working Class now Blessed film . BigPond Movies . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915184127/http://www.bigpondmovies.com/libraries/article%5Flibrary/news/whos%5Fafraid%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fworking%5Fclass%5Fnow%5Fblessed%5Ffilm/ . 15 September 2009 . dead . 27 May 2022.
  16. Web site: Rigg . Julie . Dead Europe . ABC Radio National . 15 November 2012 . 27 May 2022.
  17. Web site: Neutze . Ben . Barracuda review (ABC TV): Christos Tsiolkas pulls sport and contemporary Australia into sharp focus . Daily Review . 5 July 2016 . 27 May 2022.