Harry Kondoleon was a gay American playwright and novelist. He was born on February 26, 1955. He died of AIDS' companion infections in New York City on March 16, 1994, aged 39.New York Times, 07 April 1994 Retrieved 18 May 2012
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 Côte 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 - 1993 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
Playwright's Page on Dooleee.com Playwright's Horizons Awards Page Article about a posthumous festival of Kondoleon's works in 2000 Obituary
External links Article about "The Fairy Garden" and Kondoleon's work Village Voice Review of "Saved or Destroyed" Article on Kondoleon's The Houseguests, camp, and the philosophy of Kierkegaard Harry Kondoleon at Internet Off-Broadway Database Harry Kondoleon Papers at Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University Article on Harry Kondoleon's poetry and translations of four of his poems in Greek for online literary magazine ΑΣΣΟΔΥΟ by Natasha Remoundou (Athens, 2023)