Tim Conigrave (1959-1994) was an Australian actor and writer. He was born in Melbourne, and after attending Xavier College and Monash University he moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), from which he graduated in 1984. Two years later he was instrumental in initiating the acclaimed Soft Targets (1986) project at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company.
He appeared in such plays as Brighton Beach Memoirs and As Is, and was a committed Gay Rights activist. He wrote also plays and these include Thieving Boy, Like Stars in your Hands and The Blitz Kids.
His major work is the autoiographical Holding the Man (1995), the story of his 15-year love affair with John Caleo. They met in high school when John was captain of the football team and Tim wanted to be an actor. Conigrave finished the book shortly before dying of an AIDS-related illness. The book won the 1995 United Nations Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction and has been published in several languages.
The book has been adapted for the stage by Tommy Murphy. The premiere production, directed by David Berthold, completed a critically successful, sell-out season in November-December 2006 at Griffin Theatre Company. It is the theatre company's highest-grossing production in its 28-year history. It played a return season at Griffin, 7 February - 3 March 2007, also sold out, before transferring to the Sydney Opera House for a third sell-out season, 9-26 May, 2007. Company B at the Belvoir St Theatre hosts a fourth season 22 September - 4 November, 2007. A fifth season will play 19 March - 19 April, 2008 as part of Melbourne Theatre Company's 2008 season.
Conigrave and his boyfriend, John Caleo, were diagnosed with HIV in 1985. They remained relatively healthy until 1990. In 1991, John was diagnosed with cancer, and Conigrave nursed him until his death at the beginning of 1992, despite fighting his own illness.
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I didn't make it to the world premiere of Holding the man (2015) last Sunday in Sydney State Theater. But many friends went and spoke highly of. I did a quick check online and found out how influential the book has been ,basically the gay bible for Austral...
评分前年Josh递给我一本书,说他看完后特别心碎(heart-breaking)。我拿起来读了几章就放下了,因为文笔太烂了。 去澳洲度假之前想随便抓一本关于澳洲的书,想起这本《Holding the Man》是一个澳洲的基佬作者写的在澳洲的基佬故事,于是打包放进了行李,跟着我来到了阳光海滩的澳...
评分I didn't make it to the world premiere of Holding the man (2015) last Sunday in Sydney State Theater. But many friends went and spoke highly of. I did a quick check online and found out how influential the book has been ,basically the gay bible for Austral...
评分前年Josh递给我一本书,说他看完后特别心碎(heart-breaking)。我拿起来读了几章就放下了,因为文笔太烂了。 去澳洲度假之前想随便抓一本关于澳洲的书,想起这本《Holding the Man》是一个澳洲的基佬作者写的在澳洲的基佬故事,于是打包放进了行李,跟着我来到了阳光海滩的澳...
评分I didn't make it to the world premiere of Holding the man (2015) last Sunday in Sydney State Theater. But many friends went and spoke highly of. I did a quick check online and found out how influential the book has been ,basically the gay bible for Austral...
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I reached out and touched his hair. He turned and kissed my hand. I moved closer until we were standing against each other. He smelt like soap and clean clothers. Gentle. Just holding and kissing gently. If this had been it, if I had died then, I would have said it was enough' The mid-70's - at an all boys Catholic school in Melbourne Timothy Conigrave fell wildly in love with the captain of the football team. So began a relationship that was to last fifteen years, a love affair that weathered disapproval, separation and, ultimately death. With honesty and insight it explores the highs and lows of any partnership: the intimacy, temptations and the strength of heart two men had to find when they tested positive to HIV.
I develop crushes all the time but that is just misdirected need for you. You are a hole in my life, a black hole. Anything I place there cannot be returned. I miss you terribly. Ci vedremo lassu, angelo. 死亡并不是终点。离去的爱人会以一种奇妙的方式占据我们的身体, 在日思夜想中探出脑袋, 变成我们呼吸节奏的一部分。或许, 经历过生离死别, 才使一段感情变得永恒, 深刻, 不朽。
评分看完我狠狠地哭了
评分The movie already forever broke me and then this book just shattered my heart all over again.
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评分An honest and emotional recount of the lives of two school boys who fell in love and experienced everything from joy and love to heart break. The last few pages are soaked from the tears that flowed down my face.
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