Patricia Cornelius

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Patricia Cornelius
Born1952
OccupationPlaywright
Notable awards Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama, winner 2014

Patricia Cornelius (born 1952) [1] is an Australian playwright and co-founder of Melbourne Workers Theatre.

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Career

Cornelius has written many plays, including Slut (2008, Platform Youth Theatre), The Call (2009, Griffin Theatre Company), Good, Do Not Go Gentle… (2010, fortyfivedownstairs), Boy Overboard (2004, Australian Theatre for Young People), Love (2005, Malthouse Theatre), Lilly and May and Hog's Hairs and Leeches and co-authored The Audition (2019, 2024, Outer Urban Projects). [2]

Her first novel, My Sister Jill, was published in 2003 by St. Martin's Press. [3]

Cornelius also co-wrote the screenplay of the 2009 film Blessed, based on Who's Afraid of the Working Class, with co-writers Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Christos Tsiolkas. [4] It won the Best Screenplay at the 2009 San Sebastian International Film Festival and an AWGIE Award for Feature Film Adaptation in 2009. [4]

Awards

Cornelius has won numerous awards, including AWGIE Awards, Green Room Awards and in 2006, the Patrick White Playwrights' Award. [2] [5] Her 2005 play, Love, won the Wal Cherry Prize for New Plays. [6] Her 2010 play Do Not Go Gentle... received the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Drama in 2011 [7] and won the 2011 Victorian Premier's Louis Esson Prize for Drama. [8] Cornelius won the 2019 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize in Drama. [9] She also received a lifetime achievement award at the 2019 Green Room Awards. [10]

Bibliography

Novels

Screenplays

Drama

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  4. 1 2 "Blessed". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Patrick White Award & Fellowship". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Woodhead, Cameron (21 November 2005). "Love". The Age. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Patricia Cornelius - do Not Go Gentle (Winner) - NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2011". Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Patricia Cornelius". Windham Campbell Prizes. Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes. 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Francis, Hannah (1 April 2019). "Sydney overtakes Melbourne as Australia's hotbed of indie theatre, says Patricia Cornelius". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "My Sister Jill by Patricia Cornelius". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Lily and May by Patricia Cornelius". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Love by Patricia Cornelius". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "The Call by Patricia Cornelius". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Do Not Go Gentle by Patricia Cornelius". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  16. ↑ "SHIT by Patricia Cornelius". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  17. ↑ ""Hog's Hairs and Leeches"". Australian Plays Transform. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  18. ↑ ""The Audition"". La Mama. Retrieved 20 November 2024.


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