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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Peter Straughan wins the best adapted screenplay Oscar for Conclave

Peter Straughan wins the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Conclave.
Peter Straughan wins the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Conclave. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

The British dramatist Peter Straughan has won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his take on Robert Harris’s papal thriller Conclave.

The writer, 56, has also won the Bafta, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award in this category for Conclave; he was previously Oscar-nominated for his 2011 adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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