Christos Tsiolkas

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Christos Tsiolkas
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Education University of Melbourne
Occupation(s)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.

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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.[ citation needed ]

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 [4] [5] 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. [6]

Awards

Personal life

Tsiolkas is a Richmond Football Club supporter [11] and openly gay. [12]

Books

Theatre

Screenplays

Film and TV adaptations

Footnotes

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References

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