Christos Tsiolkas
Christos Tsiolkas (* 1965 in Melbourne ) is an Australian writer . He became known through numerous internationally licensed works and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009 for his book The Slap (Eng .: Just a slap in the face ).
Life
The working-class son from a Greek immigrant family grew up in a downtown area of his hometown Melbourne. He attended Blackburn High School there and then studied at the University of Melbourne . He graduated with an art history degree in 1987. During his student years he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper Farrago in 1988 .
Tsiolkas' debut novel, Loaded (1995), was filmed under the title Head On (1998) by director Ana Kokkinos. In 2006 his novel Dead Europe received the The Age Book of the Year fiction award . Three years later, his fourth novel, The Slap , received the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific . The work was adapted with the participation of Tsiolkas as the television miniseries The Slap - Nur eine Ohrfeige ; the series won several television awards and was nominated for an Emmy , among other things .
Tsiolkas is openly gay .
Works
Novels
-
Loaded (1995)
- Translation Stefan Troßbach: Unter Strom . Albino Verlag , Berlin 1998
- Jump Cuts (with Sasha Soldatow, 1996)
- The Jesus Man (1999)
- The Devil's Playground (2002)
- Dead Europe (2005)
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The Slap (2008)
- Translation Nicolai von Schweder-Schreiner: Just a slap in the face . Klett-Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-93902-6 .
- Adaptation as a television miniseries The Slap - Just a slap in the face with the participation of the author
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Barracuda (2013)
- Translation Barbara Heller : Barracuda . Klett-Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-98013-4 .
Plays
- Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (filmed in 1999 with the actors Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius under the film title Blessed )
- Elektra AD (1999)
- Viewing Blue Poles (2000)
- Fever (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, 2002)
- Dead Caucasians (2002)
- Non Parlo di Salo (together with Spiro Economopoulos, 2005)
- The Hit (Together with Netta Yashin, 2006)
Scripts
- Thug (together with Spiro Economopoulos, 1998)
- Saturn's Return (2000)
literature
- Ben Authers: 'I'm Not Australian, I'm Not Greek, I'm Not Anything': Identity and the Multicultural Nation in Christos Tsiolkas's “Loaded”. In: JASAL. 4 (2005), pp. 133-146.
- Ivan Cañadas: A Sin That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Class and Sexuality in Christos Tsiolkas's “Loaded” and Anna Kokkinos's “Head On”. In: Overland. 177 (Summer 2004), pp. 43-47.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christos Tsiolkas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christos Tsiolkas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Christos Tsiolkas at perlentaucher.de
- Christos Tsiolkas talks with Leigh Sales about his writing process and 'The Slap' on ABC Fora
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile on austlit.edu.au . Retrieved July 15, 2012 (Paid Site)
- ^ Head On. in the Australian National Film and Sound Archive, colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ↑ The Slap - Just a slap in the face. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Biographical information on Tsiokas in theage.com.au of July 3, 2005
- ↑ Essay on Identity and Multiculturalism in Tsiolkas Loaded
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsiolkas, Christos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |