Harry Kondoleon

Harry Kondoleon

Harry Kondoleon was a gay American playwright and novelist.

He was born in 1955 and died of AIDS in 1994.

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 Cote 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
  • 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

    [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsK/kondoleon-harry.html Playwright's Page on Dooleee.com]
  • [http://www.playwrightshorizons.org/ab_awards.htm Playwright's Horizons Awards Page]
  • [http://www.donshewey.com/theater_articles/harry_kondoleon.htm Article about a posthumous festival of Kondoleon's works in 2000]
  • [http://www.aegis.com/news/ads/1994/AD940487.html Obituary]

External links

  • [http://www.donshewey.com/theater_articles/harry_kondoleon_vvoice.html Article about "The Fairy Garden" and Kondoleon's work]
  • [http://www.villagevoice.com/theater/0047,mcnulty,20040,11.html Village Voice Review of "Saved or Destroyed"]
  • [http://www.rtjournal.org/vol_2/no_1/gross.html Article on Kondoleon's "The Houseguests", camp, and the philosophy of Kierkegaard]

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