Trevor Griffiths

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Trevor Griffiths (born April 4, 1935 in Manchester ) is a British playwright.

Life

Griffiths graduated in English in 1955, then taught for eight years at a private school in Oldham and as a lecturer at a college in Stockport . From 1965 Griffiths worked for the BBC in Leeds as head of training. During this time he already wrote several pieces for a publishing company. In 1972 he quit his job to devote himself entirely to writing.

Griffiths writes stories from the working class because he grew up in it. In the Federal Republic of Germany he was best known for Red Sunday in Turin (in the original Occupations , 1973) and Sam, Sam (1974) as well as Hope in the year two and piano . His work includes television productions, movies and plays. In 1982 he received a Golden Globe for Best Screenwriter for the film Reds , as well as an Oscar nomination.

Griffiths now lives in Yorkshire , England.

literature

  • Hans-Peter Müller-Hartwigsen: Trevor Griffiths: Politics in Drama - Drama as Politics (around) . Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen 1989 ISBN 3-89206-326-5

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