Harry Kondoleon Explained

Harry Kondoleon was a gay American playwright and novelist. He was born on February 26, 1955. He died of AIDS' companion infections in New York City on March 16, 1994, aged 39.^[1]

He graduated from Hamilton College and the Yale School of Drama. He was awarded the Fulbright, National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller and Guggenheim fellowships.

Works

Plays

• The Brides - 1980
• The Côte d'Azur Triangle - 1980
• Rococo - 1981
• Self-Torture and Strenuous Exercise - 1982
• Andrea Rescued - 1982
• Clara Toil - 1982
• The Fairy Garden - 1982
• Christmas on Mars - 1983
• Slacks and Tops - 1983
• Linda Her - 1984
• The Vampires - 1984
• Anteroom - 1985
• Play Yourself - 1988
• The Poet's Corner - 1988
• Zero Positive - 1988
• Love Diatribe - 1990
• The Houseguests - 1993
• Saved or Destroyed - 1994

Novels

• The Whore of Tiampuan - 1991
• Diary of a Lost Boy - 1994

Poetry

• Rudy on Ruby and Nadine (Wedge pamphlet)
• The Death of Understanding: Love Poems - 1987

Awards

• 1982-1983 Obie Award for "most promising young playwright" (Shared with Tina Howe (for "distinguished playwriting"), and David Mamet (for Edmond))
• 1984-1985 Obie Award to Elizabeth Wilson for her role in Kondoleon's "Anteroom"
• 1992-1993 Obie Award for "The Houseguests"
• 2000-2001 Obie Award to Craig Lucas for directing "Saved or Destroyed"

References

• Playwright's Page on Dooleee.com
• Playwright's Horizons Awards Page
• Article about a posthumous festival of Kondoleon's works in 2000
• Obituary

External links

• Article about "The Fairy Garden" and Kondoleon's work
• Village Voice Review of "Saved or Destroyed"
• Article on Kondoleon's The Houseguests, camp, and the philosophy of Kierkegaard
• Harry Kondoleon at Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Harry Kondoleon Papers at Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University
• Article on Harry Kondoleon's poetry and translations of four of his poems in Greek for online literary magazine ΑΣΣΟΔΥΟ by Natasha Remoundou (Athens, 2023)

Notes and References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/07/arts/kondoleon-memorial.html?src=pm New York Times, 07 April 1994